Hello, I am a JAWS for Windows user as well. I use it at school, and I use this Linux laptop at home. As far as distros, I'd personally recommend slackware (www.slackware.com), as it has a Speakup-enabled kernel in its stock distribution. I'd be willing to help you off-list, if need be, because there will definitely be some challenging parts. The address, BTW, is kleins at iquest.net. HTH. Garrett On Sun, Apr 25, 2004 at 12:20:41AM +0100, 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 >
