new linux user

[Jason Symes]

I'm afraid you're right. My programming skills aren't too flashy, and I've
never used any linux before. I suppose I'll have to use the 7.1 version.

At 09:41 AM 12/7/01 -0600, you wrote:
>As far as I know, zipslack is still unfortuneately at 7.1,
>which means he wouldn't get the latest zipslack.
>Yes, I know he could get zipslack 8.0 and modify it, but I would
>not expect a new user to know how to modify zipslack into zipspeak.
>Greg
>
>
>On Fri, Dec 07, 2001 at 02:41:06PM -0000, Georgina wrote:
>> Hi
>> 
>> I wondered if you'd like to consider looking at a Linux distribution that
>> will install itself in a folder of your Windows disk.  The advantage is
that
>> you don't have to bother with adding disks, or partitioning.  Its ideal
as a
>> beginning.  You'll need about 100Mb of disk space for the distribution.
The
>> speaking version is called ZipSpeak which is a speaking version of
ZipSlack.
>> You'll need one of the supported synthesisers.  You can read about the
>> ZipSlack at:
>> 
>> www.slackware.com
>> 
>> HTH
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: speakup-admin at braille.uwo.ca
>> [mailto:speakup-admin at braille.uwo.ca]On Behalf Of Jason Symes
>> Sent: 07 December 2001 02:29
>> To: speakup at braille.uwo.ca
>> Subject: new linux user
>> 
>> 
>> I'm considering purchasing a second hard drive to install some version of
>> Linux on, while leaving my Win98SE as my main os. I've never installed a
>> second os on one system, and I've had vary little experience with other
>> os's from Windows. I heard about Speak Out from another list, and they
>> recommended that I contact this list to get some help.
>> 
>> I would appreciate any recommendations that any of you can make.
>> 
>> Jason Symes
>> 
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