2.6.22 kernel is broken... het ----- Original Message ----- From: "Arthur Pirika" <arfy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Sunday, August 26, 2007 7:02 PM Subject: Back in the linux world again > Hi all, I've been in and out of the linux world for a while, and decided > to > check back in a few months ago with ubuntu 7.04, when it was in late beta. > A > little disappointing to see gentoo and ubuntu drop speakup, but never > mind. > Actually, it's all accodemic for me, as i have no hardware, either speech > or > braille to begin with. I have a question though. I'd like to switch from > ubuntu to either slackware or gentoo, as I'd like a little bit more > control > over what gets installed, and not have to worry about incompatibilities > between locally built and pre-packaged stuff. My question is, is it > possible > to install slackware from another distribution? In theory, I can see this > as > beeing possible, but not sure what slackware's setup script depends on. My > plan was to boot the ubuntu install cd with orca loaded, and then proceed > from there. > btw, has any progress been made on porting speakup to 2.6.22? > > thanks, > Arthur. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
