Hi Jonathan, Unfortunately, there is no perfect distribution. The best I can recommend doing is to read about various distributions and see which one you like the best. Some of the more popular ones are listed below: Fedora, formerly Red Hat Linux: http://www.fedora.com Debian Linux: http://www.debian.org Slackware Linux: http://www.slackware.com Mandrake Linux: http://www.mandrake.com *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 4/25/2004 at 12:20 AM Jonathan Tyrer wrote: >I'd like to get into the whole open-source/Linux thing. Until now, I've >only been able to use Microsoft products as I am a user of Jaws for >Windows. > >I'm about to get a new computer at home and would like to duel-boot it >with Linux. So, I've got a Dectalk Express, so which is the best >distribution of Linux to get? > >After I get going, I will want to use Gnome and Gnopericunus, but I'd >also like console access to. > >JT > > >JT > > >-----Original Message----- >From: speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca >[mailto:speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca] On Behalf Of Saqib Shaikh >Sent: Saturday, April 24, 2004 11:38 PM >To: 'Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.' >Subject: RE: Zipspeak 9.1 has been released! > > >Good work Nick! > >Hope my previous email explained well enough that I have not abandoned >Zipspeak users - I'm still willing (and regularly do) answer people's >Zipspeka questions. > >Saqib > > >-----Original Message----- >From: speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca >[mailto:speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca] >On Behalf Of nick G >Sent: 24 April 2004 23:33 >To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. >Subject: Zipspeak 9.1 has been released! > >After far too long on ice, the zipspeak project has resurfaced. New >features in zipspeak 9.1 include the Linux kernel 2.4.22, speakup 1.5, >the links web browser, and more. The l y n x browser has been removed >by Slackware, but don't fret, work on zipspeak 9.11 is now in progress. >Upcoming features will be the inclusion of the l y n x browser and Matt >Campbell's lynx configuration, deb2tgz, a phocility by which deb >packages can be converted to tgz's, and the inclusion of a version of >apt for Slackware. We will not update the Kernel until Slackware does >so. > First of all, I'd like to thank a few people. I'd like to thank >Matthew Campbell for his look at Linux series. It was this series that >got me started on Linux, and made me hear about the zipspeak Linux >distribution. I'd like to thank Sakhib shake for sending the message to >the speakup list oh so long ago telling how to create a version of >zipspeak. Without these people, I don't think zipspeak would have a >maintainer now. I know that it is very easy to create this distro, more >so than it was before, but there are those who would probably want to >just download, configure, and run. Therefore, I decided to do this. >Hopefully, We'll be able to post to the speakup ftp site, and I will do >everything in my power to make sure this distro is maintained again. > Happy Linux using, and looking forward to zipspeak 9.11, Nick >_______________________________________________ >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 > > >_______________________________________________ >Speakup mailing list >Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup Stephen Clower, that guy from the south. You can reach me by any of the following: E-Mail: steve at steve-audio.net MSN: steve at steve-audio.net AIM: AudioRabbit03 You can also check out my little home on the web by visiting http://www.steve-audio.net
