new linux user

[Jason Symes]

Ok. I got on slackware's site and it sounds really great, but there's only
one problem. I went to Speakup's ftp site to find zipspeak, and a page
informed me that it had been moved to the slackware ftp server. When I
followed the address given, I was rudely rebuffed for trying to get a
directory that doesn't exist. I tried the zipspeak page that's housed by
speakup, but I got a page doesn't exist message. Can anyone help me find
zipspeak?
Thanks.
At 10:46 AM 12/7/01 -0600, you wrote:
>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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