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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
> 
> 
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-- 
	
				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





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