Someone on this list posted a while back that plextor is the best kind of burner to get, as you can supposedly upgrade their firmware from gnu/linux. Greg On Mon, Feb 04, 2002 at 12:32:43PM -0500, Thomas Ward wrote: > Hi, Anna. Well, If you want to go laptop IBM has some laptop's that are 99% > Linux compatible, but they do cary a heavy price tag. > The IBM t23 and the IBM T22 series are just a couple of examples. > However, it is much better to build a desktop, for many reasons. You can > upgrade anything it yourself if you have the ability to do that kind of > thing. You know exactly the hardware in the box, and you can make it 100% > Linux compatible right out of the box. most of all it is usually much > cheaper than a laptop. > and here is what I would use for hardware. > > Soundcard: Soundblaster Live value or Soundblaster Live Platnem. > Modem: 3com USR Linux modem. This is the only modem 100% that clames to be > officially supported. Although there are plenty of others that can be used. > Printer: Lexmark z53 ink jet.Wonderful printer, and even comes with Red Hat > drivers right out of the box. Easy to config. > Scanner: HP 6390 scannerSCSI .It is a pretty decent SCSI scanner and OCR > Shop support's it. > As far as vidio cards go try and get ATI Rage, because most ATI's are > supported by Linux. Especially, if you plan to use X in the future. > As far as rom burner goes I am sure everyone will give you a different make > and moddle. I use a creative burner, and thus far haven't had much trouble, > but you can probably use HP, Philips, Sony, or whatever sounds good to you. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Anna Schneider <annas at drizzle.com> > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Monday, February 04, 2002 1:58 AM > Subject: Hardware questions. > > > > > > Once again, thank you everyone for your help. Here's another round of > > questions. > > > > It was recommended to me by someone on this list that I make sure that the > > hardware I get with my computer is Linux and speech compatible. Or maybe > > it was just Linux. So that when I order my computer, I can be specific. > > I would like to go laptop if possible, but I understand that that may not > > work. Again, if people could please go from experience. I do think I > > will wind up using a combination of Speakup with Red Hat and Emacs with > > Emacspeak which I know is Linux too but if it's important, well you all > > know. Please define acronyms and other computer terminology as you answer > > or you are going to get a lot of "what did that mean questions". Remember > > I'm learning not only about Linux but Im' catching up with the computer > > world in general so I'm major out of the loop. > > > > Thank you ago. Here goes. > > > > Can people here recommend based on experience: > > > > a certain type of Cd burner? I was led to understand that this is better > > than CD ROM because it can be used to write to as well as to read from. > > > > a printer. I don't know that I need color printing, but I do need one > > that is fairly flexible in terms of formatting. I will, for example, need > > to print everything from standard documents to labels and invoices. > > > > a sound card > > > > a video card. This should be decent quality. I'm an artist and I use a > > lot of color, and in the event that I ever find a way to play with my > > images on the computer, even if it's through a hired assistant, I should > > have decent color capability. It does not have to be top of the line, > > just decent. > > > > modem. I was led to understand by a friend that for laptop there are > > actually modem cards that can be taken in and out of a slot that can also > > be used for data cards and things. This would be nice, but I'm willing to > > listen to all modem suggestions. > > > > And last of all scanners. Some debate seems to have occurred on this > > issue and it's left me very confused. OCR shop is looking good to me at > > present. If there are other options please explain, but in the meantime, > > can anyone recommend a brand and model of SCSI scanner, and what will I > > need in order to hook it into my computer? > > > > If there's anything hardware wise I've left out, please feel free to > > mention it as well. > > > > Thank you again. And of course, references to sources of info on the web > > are always welcome. > > > > Anna > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
