zipspeak

[Jason Symes]

Well, ZipSpeak will work fine for me right now, since this is my first use
of any form of linux system. My programming isn't good, and I've only got a
single, small hard drive for my Windows. I plan on adding another drive to
my system sometime, and then I'd upgrade to a full version of some form of
linux. Thanks for the advice, though. I'll keep it in mind when I'm able to
take that next step.
At 09:55 PM 12/21/01 -0500, you wrote:
>Hi, Jason. Personally, you are much better off going with a full blown
>distribution such as Red Hat 7.2.
>There are quite a few limitations with Zipspeak that should be addressed.
>
>At the last I knew of it doesn't support /proc. This means if you try to
>upgrade to Speakup 1.0 you will not be able to change voice rate, pitch, and
>all of that. As well as many other /proc settings you might want.
>
>Also I was never able to get X going under Zipspeak so that other family
>members could use Linux with gui which didn't go over well with them. They
>like to use Gnome, and I was able to do that much easier under Red Hat 7.2.
>Also if you ever get interested in Vmware which allows you to run Windows
>under Linux it requires a working x server. Which was easy enough to get
>going with RH 7.2.
>
>While you can get just about any app to run under Zipspeak it was easier
>just getting a full distribution which has just about anything you want on
>the cd already. It is known to work with the distribution, is precompiled,
>and there is less to download.
>That is unless you download the distribution, and that is pretty big.
>
>
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Jason Symes <jsymes at netins.net>
>To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
>Sent: Friday, December 21, 2001 1:47 PM
>Subject: zipspeak
>
>
>> I just got ZipSpeak 7.1 unzipped on my system, and I'm eagerly awaiting
>> some Windows tasks to finish running so I can shut down and kick the
>tires.
>> However, I'm curious as to ZipSpeak's limitations.
>> I've got a Smart And Friendly 2x2x24x cdr-w drive connected to my pc via a
>> scsi expansion card. Will ZipSpeak see this drive?
>> Thanks, and have a happy holidays!
>>
>> Jason Symes
>>
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