*SNIP* After I get going, I will want to use Gnome and Gnopericunus, but I'd also like console access to. *SNIP* The thing is, Gnopernicus despite what anyone tells you is nowhere near prime time. it is still very much in alpha and there's a mountain of work to be done on it so at this stage it's really not as usable as we might want. You however, will primarily have console access for which imho speakup is excellent. and yes speakup wil work with the dec-talk express. as for what distribution of linux to obtain, each of them have their merrits. However, go for the distribution you can get the most support for. I won't go into details as to whether one is better than the other because I'm not after starting a flame war. as I said go for the distribution you can get the best support for and stick with that until you're competent enough to branch out and try something else. you might want something that's easy to install to start with so if I were to recomend a distro, I'd reccomend fedora. hth -- Shaun Oliver "I refuse to have a battle of wits with an unarmed person." email: shaun.oliver at optusnet.com.au WEB: http://blindman.homelinux.org/~blindman/ IRC: irc.awesomechat.net:6666 IRCNICK: blindman
