I don't know if sporting is quite the right word... just plain lunatic could be more like it! I've been meaning to shift over to Linux for some while now, so its given me a good opportunity. You're right, Linux is likely to be severely in the minority at Techshare, but definitely the more of us there are the better. I suspect the "expert" crown will still be yours though! *Grin. Tink ----- Original Message ----- From: "Janina Sajka" <janina@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2003 2:10 PM Subject: Re: Best version. > Given our mail exchanges over the past few months, I thought you might > be the test subject when I saw your name in the Tech Share program! > <grin> Very sporting of you! > > I'm actually delighted that someone else is doing a Linux session at > Tech Share. I don't like to think I'm the lone stranger. > > L?onie Watson writes: > > From: L?onie Watson <lw at nomensa.com> > > > > LOL. Nomensa are presenting a paper on Linux and somebody decided it > > wouldn't be a bad idea for me to take the novice role! Hence my plunge in > > the deep end. I'm certainly enjoying it though! > > I'm also hoping to make it to your workshop, which sounds very useful. > > > > > > Tink > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Janina Sajka" <janina at rednote.net> > > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > > Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2003 8:31 PM > > Subject: Re: Best version. > > > > > > > No problem Tink. > > > > > > PS: I'm looking forward to meeting you at Tech Share. I see you're on > > > the agenda! > > > > > > > > > L?onie Watson writes: > > > > From: L?onie Watson <lw at nomensa.com> > > > > > > > > Janina, > > > > > > > > Once again, thanks. I'll give it a shot. > > > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > Tink > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: "Janina Sajka" <janina at rednote.net> > > > > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > > > > Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2003 2:46 PM > > > > Subject: Re: Best version. > > > > > > > > > > > > > CVS version, hands down. > > > > > > > > > > Having said this, though, I hasten to add that by its very nature CVS > > > > > might be broken at any given time because of newly checked in code, > > etc. > > > > > I consider the CVS Speakup head and shoulders above 1.5, though, and > > > > > have moved it onto all of my machines save the one where I have had > > > > > trouble getting a more recent kernel to compile. > > > > > > > > > > L?onie Watson writes: > > > > > > From: L?onie Watson <lw at nomensa.com> > > > > > > > > > > > > All, > > > > > > > > > > > > Is there any particular version of Speakup that runs better than > > > > > > another, on a Debian (testing) distro, with a Dectalk Express synth? > > > > > > > > > > > > I'd guess that the latest version is probably the best, but > > thought > > > > I'd > > > > > > check. > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > Tink > > > > > > -- > > > > > > L?onie Watson | t. +44 (0) 117 344 5012 > > > > > > > > > > > > Visit our web site today: > > > > > > http://www.nomensa.com/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > Speakup mailing list > > > > > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > > > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > > > Janina Sajka, Director > > > > > Technology Research and Development > > > > > Governmental Relations Group > > > > > American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) > > > > > > > > > > Email: janina at afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > 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 > > > > > > -- > > > > > > Janina Sajka, Director > > > Technology Research and Development > > > Governmental Relations Group > > > American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) > > > > > > Email: janina at afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > 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 > > -- > > Janina Sajka, Director > Technology Research and Development > Governmental Relations Group > American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) > > Email: janina at afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >