knoppix is one of those distros contained on a bootable cd. it actually seems quite interesting. I wanna say it's based on debian but am probably wrong. -- A message from the system administrator: "I've upped my priority, now up yours!" On Fri, 13 Jun 2003, Ann Parsons wrote: > Hi Kathy, > > >>>>> "Kathy" == Kathy Seven Williams <kseven at tscnet.com> writes: > > Kathy> OK, I've finished my computer building class, and as my > Kathy> reward, my instructor gave me Linux in a self-bootable > Kathy> CD-ROM version I can use right away. I think it's called > Kathy> Knorpix or something like that. I've not even triedit > Kathy> yet. Where do I go from here? Where and how do I get access > Kathy> so I can play? > > > Well, Kathy, I've never heard of Norpix. I have heard of Red Hat, > Debian, Slackware, but not Norpix. There are bootable images you can > download from the speakup site: > > http://www.linux-speakup.org > > They all have Speakup built into them. That's your best bet, I > think. > > There are a lot of folks on the speakup list who can help you better > than can I. So, I am CC'ing the list now. I think it's great you > want to try Linux. I'm sure someone will write back and help you > out. > > Ann P. > > Kathy> -- "While they were saying among themselves it cannot be > Kathy> done, it was done." Helen Keller > > -- > Ann K. Parsons > email: akp at eznet.net ICQ Number: 33006854 > WEB SITE: http://home.eznet.net/~akp > "All that is gold does not glitter. Not all those who wander are lost." JRRT > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >