Making a custom distro just to get Gnome doesn't seem to be necessary as all the gnome packages for Slackware I have tried install with minimal work. On Sat, Jan 02, 2010 at 02:13:49PM -0500, Austin Seraphin wrote: > Hi everyone, glad you like the idea. I found a great little tutorial > called Cooking up some Slack: > http://www.linuxquestions.org/linux/answers/Applications_GUI_Multimedia/Cooking_Up_Some_Slack_CUSS > and it looks very doable, I feel comfortable with that, so will start > looking around. I'll also check out the audio question, I agree, the > installer probably doesn't for minimalist reasons. I would also love to > see espeak integrated into the main Slackware distribution, especially > given that the kernel already has the soft synth module, why not go the > extra mile so to speak? On the other hand, I might also see a need for a > custom distro, partially for the audio, but also because Slackware > doesn't ship with Gnome any more. Why not trade KDE for Gnome, > especially if one of the projects will let us use their work? Emacspeak > even comes in /extra now, we could include that as well, why not? Either > way, speakup and espeak would represent the core. > > I'll start looking around and let you all know what I find, you can do > the same, and maybe we can get something together. I've always liked > Slackware also, and consider it the most accessible distribution. > > -- > Austin Seraphin - http://sunbeem.net > SunbEEm Solutions - Every Thing has a Solution. SunbEEm has two E's. > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- The most important design issue... is the fact that Linux is supposed to be fun... -- Linus Torvalds at the First Dutch International Symposium on Linux
