Hi, Slightly off-thread, as I'm still looking for a good distro to install. Are the days of hardware synths on serial ports over? My extra computer has two serial ports, and I have a perfectly good DECtalk Express. I don't need a GUI, I'm used to the Linux command line. Thanks, Jayson On 3/10/2014 11:28 PM, Kyle wrote: > You can try the TalkingArch live CD at > http://talkingarch.tk/ > It usually comes up at a decent volume, and will allow you to choose > which sound card or headset you want at boot time via a voice recording > and a beep. You can install packages on-the-fly, just like in most other > systems, so you can install the ftp package for one-time use as soon as > you get a prompt. You would install it like > > pacman -Sy <package> > > in this case. There is also the #talkingarch IRC channel on Freenode if > you need help in realtime. Hope this helps. > ~Kyle > http://kyle.tk/