Now what?

[Hugh Esco]

Knoppix (not Knorpix) is a bootable iso image of a Debian distribution on
a CD.  It will load a linux kernel into RAM and run a plethora of
applications off the CD, without ever touching your hard drive, unless you
specifically mount and use it (read-only or if you are daring read-write).
I do not know whether speakup is built into Knoppix, or emacspeak, or any
other such tool.  But I do know that a Knoppix disk can be customized by
whoever burns the CD to contain just about any software they wish to
include.  Knoppix's strong point, besides its ability to decompress
software on the fly and run it off the CD, seems to be its hardware
recognition tools.  One of my linux mentors swears by using the Knoppix CD
to write his XF86Config files for the X11 server.  Better than any he has
ever hand-hacked, he says.

-- Hugh

On Fri, 13 Jun 2003, Ann Parsons wrote:

> Hi Kathy,
>
> >>>>> "Kathy" == Kathy Seven Williams <kseven at tscnet.com> writes:
>
>     Kathy> OK, I've finished my computer building class, and as my
>     Kathy> reward, my instructor gave me Linux in a self-bootable
>     Kathy> CD-ROM version I can use right away. I think it's called
>     Kathy> Knorpix or something like that. I've not even triedit
>     Kathy> yet. Where do I go from here? Where and how do I get access
>     Kathy> so I can play?
>
>
> Well, Kathy, I've never heard of Norpix.  I have heard of Red Hat,
> Debian, Slackware, but not Norpix.   There are bootable images you can
> download from the speakup site:
>
> http://www.linux-speakup.org
>
> They all have Speakup built into them.  That's your best bet, I
> think.
>
> There are a lot of folks on the speakup list who can help you better
> than can I.  So, I am CC'ing the list now.  I think it's great you
> want to try Linux.    I'm sure someone will write back and help you
> out.
>
> Ann P.
>
>     Kathy> -- "While they were saying among themselves it cannot be
>     Kathy> done, it was done."  Helen Keller
>
> --
> 			Ann K. Parsons
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