Hi, Anna, and welcome to speakup! There is a draft document on the speakup website, a HOWTO-Install file specific to the Speakup Modified Redhat distribution that can help you understand a lot of what you need to know, even if you end up choosing to install a linux other than Redhat. Point your favorite browser to: http://www.linux-speakup.org/ftp/disks/redhat/HOWTO_INSTALL.html On Tue, 29 Jan 2002, Anna Schneider wrote: > > 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 > -- Janina Sajka, Director Technology Research and Development Governmental Relations Group American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) Email: janina at afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 Chair, Accessibility SIG Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) http://www.openebook.org
