I'd dual boot the laptop between Windows and Linux if the drive is big enough LInux can run on as little as 300 megs of diskspace. Access to word documents, powerpoint slides etc is sometimes faster to do under Windows which is why I have 1 windows box here. Regards, Kerry. On Sat, Mar 02, 2002 at 11:56:15PM +0000, Toby Fisher wrote: > Hi all. > > Having got a fairly stable desk top system now, I'm thinking of flattening > my lap top hard drive and putting Linux on it. I propose to make my own > kernel, since the bareapm.I that comes with Slackware has no speakup > support. This is no problem, as I can also use one of the root disks. I > do, however, have a couple of questions. > > 1. Has anyone encountered any problems/pitfalls of which I should be > aware, either > speakup-related, or generally, with installation to a lap top? > > 2. Quite often, I use my lap top to present some documents with graphics > in them to sighted people. I know that I can retrieve the text from such > documents with the strings command, but is there anyway I can retain the > formatting and graphics in their place? Obviously an accessible method > would be preferable, though it is not absolutely essential. > > Any thoughts on this subject gratefully appreciated. > > Cheers. > > > -- > Toby Fisher Email: toby at g0ucu.freeserve.co.uk > Tel.: +44(0)1480 417272 Mobile: +44(0)7974 363239 > ICQ: #61744808 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -- Kerry Hoath: kerry at gotss.net kerry at gotss.eu.org or kerry at gotss.spice.net.au
