Hi, Anna. If you email me off list I'll help you get a Linux box going. My email address is tward at bright.net Some initial questions here. Do you have a hardware synth? Do you plan to buy one if not? If you plan to scan books do you have a scsi scanner? ----- Original Message ----- From: Anna Schneider <annas@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2002 6:45 PM Subject: New and in need of help. > > Hi everyone. My name is Anna Schneider and I just signed on to this list. > I'm on the blinux-newbie list too. I am planning to buy a new computer, > my first in several years, soon and I want to go Linux but I don't > actually know much about how to go about this. What I do know is I hate > windows and voice output for windows. I have a lot of questions though, > some of which may seem very silly, but I don't know where else to ask. My > attempts to get help on the other list seem to have petered out and I'm > not sure why. > > I am fairly sure of my specific needs in a system t this point, I just > don't know of how to go about investigating those needs. I also need to > be referred to some basic documentation or a Linux dictionary or something > because I don't know the terminology. For example, what is a kernel? > > If anyone here has the time and is willing to walk me through this > process, I would really really appreciate it. I will probably be starting > a small business soon too which is one reason why getting this taken care > of is an imperative. > > Thank you very much. > > Anna > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
