The reason i asked about suse or mandrake because it autodetects all the networking stuff sinse i have a network i want to be abled to connect to te internet threw my router at 09:12 AM 6/2/2004, you wrote: >I heard tell that Farhan delivered up the following on Wed, Jun 02, 2004 >at 08:58:46AM -0500, >*SNIP* >what if i don't have a hardware synth? >wht > > linux distro is good enough? suse? mandrake? redhat? > > >unlike windows you're not confined to one particular flavour. >the only advice we can give you is to choose the distro that you can get >the most support for. >and on this list, that's slackware, debian, gen2, and fedora. >if you don't have a hardware synth you'll still miss out on hearing a >kernel panic or any error that comes up before your sound does. >just correct janina on a minor detale, >speakup comes up after kernel decompress which is as early as you're >going to get at this stage without modifying your bootloader's config >file to have your prompt speak. >we're here to help and that means also helping you overcome your >objections or try to meet them head on and give you enough information >to get started in the linux world. >we all had to start somewhere. >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 > >_______________________________________________ >Speakup mailing list >Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup Farhan One Word Answers are the new era...
