Actually, linux is the kernel, gnu/linux is the operating system. Greg On Wed, Jan 30, 2002 at 12:50:40PM +1000, Geoff Shang wrote: > Hi Anna, and welcome to the list. > > On Tue, 29 Jan 2002, Anna Schneider wrote: > > > 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. > > Well, I for one apologise for this. I'm a member over there but am way way > behind on that list. > > > 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. > > Well, knowing what you want is a big help to us. Perhaps you could tell > us what you want and we can try our best to help you get it. > > > 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? > > The Linux kernel is the guts of the Linux operating system. It controls > all input and output and keeps track of system resources. The Linux kernel > is available as C source code, and it is the Linux kernel that speakup is > included in (or patched into) in order to work. The kernel is the first > thing to load, and it is for this reason that speakup provides speech from > very early in the boot process. > > > 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. > > Well, all of us on here have had to do all this before, so ask away. Also, > you may want to join us on the speak freely reflector where we can explain > things to you and literally talk you through anything you want help with. > > You can get the speak freely for windows program either from > http://www.speakfreely.org or from > ftp://linux-speakup.org/pub/speakup/goodies/ . In the latter case, you can > get speakfb.zip which is the speak freely package, then you can get > speakfre.exe and replace the old one with that if you want mixing support > (i.e. so you can understand it if 2 people speak at once). Note though > that some people have had trouble getting this one to work, so if you don't > want to bother, don't worry about it. If you use JFW, you can get the > scripts from the ftp site in the file speakfreely-jfwscrp.zip. > > Once you have it installed and running, have a hunt through the menus. > Fill in at least your name in the appropriate place so we know who you are > when you show up, and then open a connection to lwl.braille.uwo.ca:4074 and > you'll be away. If you want to see who else is on, visit > http://lwl.braille.uwo.ca/speakup.html and you'll see a list. > > Feel free to write mee privately or on list if you have any further > queries. Once again, welcome to the list, and you won't regret choosing > Linux. > > Geoff. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
