Starting with Linux

[Karen Lewellen]

Thanks for such an intelligent reply.
I now have only two more questions,
first, which distributions come with speakup already included,
and second, what then tends to make a distribution different, applications
included,
usability with less configuring needed, what?
I am making the assumption, and perhaps such is a bad one, that all Linux
programs work in Linux distributions, no matter which.
I know this is not always true, at least from the speech standpoint given
the mention of programs that do not have something other than a gui
structure.
Karen

On Sun, 25 Apr 2004, Doug Sutherland wrote:

> Karen,
>
>  > which is best for working with speakup
>
> Speakup is a kernel driver, and linux is just the kernel.
> So basically, all distributions use linux kernels, in that respect
> they aren't any different. I don't think any distribution is "best"
> for speakup, since they all use linux kernels. You should be able
> to get speakup working on any linux distribution. There is a matter
> of convenience, if the distribution already has speakup kernels
> built for you. But that alone doesn't make one "better" or "best".
> The choice of distribution is pretty much a personal thing. Most
> people try a few different distributions before settling on one
> they like.
>
>    -- Doug
>
>
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