New and in need of help.

[Gregory Nowak]

Actually, linux is the kernel, gnu/linux is the operating system. 
Greg


On Wed, Jan 30, 2002 at 12:50:40PM +1000, Geoff Shang wrote:
> Hi Anna, and welcome to the list.
> 
> On Tue, 29 Jan 2002, Anna Schneider wrote:
> 
> > I have a lot of questions though,
> > some of which may seem very silly, but I don't know where else to ask.  My
> > attempts to get help on the other list seem to have petered out and I'm
> > not sure why.
> 
> Well, I for one apologise for this.  I'm a member over there but am way way
> behind on that list.
> 
> > I am fairly sure of my specific needs in a system t this point, I just
> > don't know of how to go about investigating those needs.
> 
> Well, knowing what you want is a big help to us.  Perhaps you could tell
> us what you want and we can try our best to help you get it.
> 
> > I also need to
> > be referred to some basic documentation or a Linux dictionary or something
> > because I don't know the terminology.  For example, what is a kernel?
> 
> The Linux kernel is the guts of the Linux operating system.  It controls
> all input and output and keeps track of system resources.  The Linux kernel
> is available as C source code, and it is the Linux kernel that speakup is
> included in (or patched into) in order to work.  The kernel is the first
> thing to load, and it is for this reason that speakup provides speech from
> very early in the boot process.
> 
> > If anyone here has the time and is willing to walk me through this
> > process, I would really really appreciate it.  I will probably be starting
> > a small business soon too which is one reason why getting this taken care
> > of is an imperative.
> 
> Well, all of us on here have had to do all this before, so ask away.  Also,
> you may want to join us on the speak freely reflector where we can explain
> things to you and literally talk you through anything you want help with.
> 
> You can get the speak freely for windows program either from
> http://www.speakfreely.org or from
> ftp://linux-speakup.org/pub/speakup/goodies/ .  In the latter case, you can
> get speakfb.zip which is the speak freely package, then you can get
> speakfre.exe and replace the old one with that if you want mixing support
> (i.e. so you can understand it if 2 people speak at once).  Note though
> that some people have had trouble getting this one to work, so if you don't
> want to bother, don't worry about it.  If you use JFW, you can get the
> scripts from the ftp site in the file speakfreely-jfwscrp.zip.
> 
> Once you have it installed and running, have a hunt through the menus.
> Fill in at least your name in the appropriate place so we know who you are
> when you show up, and then open a connection to lwl.braille.uwo.ca:4074 and
> you'll be away.  If you want to see who else is on, visit
> http://lwl.braille.uwo.ca/speakup.html and you'll see a list.
> 
> Feel free to write mee privately or on list if you have any further
> queries.  Once again, welcome to the list, and you won't regret choosing
> Linux.
> 
> Geoff.
> 
> 
> 
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