So, why did Redhat choose to drop Speakup from their next version? It sounds like maybe somebody didn't like the modified kernel. So, they should have done like Slackware and gave the user a choice of a Speakup-enabled kernel or not. BTW, Slackware 9.0 just came out and has Gnome 2.2 with accessibility plug-ins, and still supports Speakup. It is down to a boot disk and two root disks to install, but also has a third option which is some sort of boot manager on a separate disk that will supposedly boot a CDROM even on computers that otherwise can't boot one. I don't know if this will speak or not, but it sure sounds interesting. I sure hope Redhat reconsiders dropping Speakup as it is a major step in the wrong direction.
