There are for Fedora Core, but not yet for the Speakup Modified Fedora Core. Erik Heil writes: > Hello there. Are their any RPM packages for the 2.6X kernel for Fedora? I > tried compiling a custom kernel but what resulted is that the RPM database > still thought that I was running 2.4.22. Unfortunately, I couldn't edit the > RPM database directlry, BC it is in binary form, and not human-readable. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Janina Sajka" <janina at rednote.net> > To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Friday, April 30, 2004 3:25 PM > Subject: Re: New to the list > > > > Welcome, Brice. > > > > You've come to the right place to ask for help. I'll chime in and give you > my two cents, and I know others will do the same. Your job, should you > choose to accept it, will be to decide among the potentially conflicting > suggestions. What can I say--that's the world of Linux where there are more > choices than one can shake a stick at. > > > > But, let's get down to business. > > > > If you don't want the Win 98 -- plan to just dump it. The Linux > installation process will take care of that without further ado. > > > > You're in great shape with that internal Doubletalk. You've hit the > jackpot, in fact. Leave that where it is. > > > > You should read some to get oriented on what's involved in a Linux > installation. I recommend the HOWTO on installing the Speakup Modified > Fedora Core of Linux available at: > > > > http://www.linux-speakup.org/ftp/disks/fedora/HOWTO_INSTALL.html > > > > However, helpful as this doc may be, you can't install Fedora because you > only have 48 megs of RAM (unless you add some, of course). You also can't > install Suse. > > > > So, I expect you'll be choosing between Debian and Slackware, possibly > Gentoo, though I'm not sure about the minimal requirements for Gentoo. > Someone here will tell you. > > > > I do want to say that what you have will work quite well--though you won't > be doing graphical Linux probably with this system. I happen to have a 200 > Mhz Pentium with only 32 Mb RAM that's running Debian just fine. > > > > There are a set of install disks on the Speakup site that you can use to > start the installation. You should get them and start installing. It doesn't > matter of you don't get it right right away, because you have nothing to > lose on this machine. > > > > If you do as I did with Debian and the disks on the Sp[eakup site there > are two things to keep in mind: > > > > That particular release is fairly old. You will want to upgrade it once > it's installed. Fortunately, it's easier to upgrade once your Linux is up > and running than it is to get to that point in the first place. > > > > There's a very good HOWTO at the Debian site about installation that you > should also read up on. > > > > Again, welcome to Speakup. > > > > Brice Mijares writes: > > > Hello All, I'm new to the list and am going to need some help. > > > I have an older computer that has been sitting around here for a couple > of > > > years and decided to put it to some use. It's a P-200, with 48 megs of > ram, > > > and currently it has win 98, and a PC double talk synthesizer. > > > I want to teach myself Linux, but I should say, I've got a little > experience > > > with it, or better yet, UNIX. Now, what's the best way to go about > this, > > > meaning do I want to dump win 98 since I don't need it, and do a clean > > > install of Linux. If so, Which package should I go with > > > Also, will there be any speech as I do the installation? I'm sure there > is > > > more questions I should ask, but until I get going, I don't know what > > > further to ask. > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > 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
