Hi Well Tim if you have my number still, give me a ring and we'll see waht we can do. Maybe you'd like to proffer some idea of what the GNU/Linux will be used for? If you've lost my number, drop me a line: gena at gena-j.net Gena Blindness Advocacy and Self Help Online www.bashonline.org >Hi all, > >Some of you will almost certainly groan to see me back again after my >abortive attempts to get Linux going on some decrepit hardware. The >good news is that I now have access to something a little better with a >network card that's supported. I've got a Sony Vao laptop running at >600 MHz. I've got Slackware 7.1 and some kind soul gave me a V8.0 CD, >which I can't lay my hands on. I notice that 8.1 is out and I have >intermittent access to an ADSL link. Two questions: > >1 - Should I go for Slackware 8.1 or another distro? > >2 - Can somebody give me a complete download URL to get what I need - >I'll be telling somebody else what to do and I don't want to mess them >around. I noticed on the Slackware site that there were two links for >8.1, one of which was called an ISA image. This terminology confused me >- is it an ISA image I'm looking for in order to burn it onto a CD? > >All suggestions and advice gratefully accepted. > >Cheers. > >Tim > > >_______________________________________________ >Speakup mailing list >Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
