linux distro question

[hank smith]

where can I find local linux groups in my state and area?
 email me off list if need me sense this aint related to subject at hand
thanks
hank
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Eric Kosten" <ekosten at tampabay.rr.com>
To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Monday, May 09, 2005 6:14 AM
Subject: linux distro question


> Recently I went to a linux group meeting locally, and they were giving 
> away
> a distro called Ubuntu.  From the docs on the cd, it seems to parallel
> debian in some ways.  I want to know if anyone has tried speakup with 
> this.
> They seem to speak to access to their software by all,  e.g. the following
> snip from the docs:
> Ubuntu is a complete desktop Linux operating system, freely available with
> both community and professional support. The Ubuntu community is built on
> the
> ideas enshrined in the Ubuntu Manifesto: that software should be available
> free of charge, that software tools should be usable by people in their
> local
> language and despite any disabilities, and that people should have the
> freedom to customize and alter their software in whatever way they see 
> fit.
>
> Eric
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