considering gentoo over debian

[Marcel Oats]

Hi William, I actually downloaded the iso for the networkless install 
and was able to get it up and happening.
Yes, the handbook is very easy to follow.
Thanks.
Marcel
At 06:53 a.m. 5/08/2007, you wrote:
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>Hi Marcel,
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>yes, unfortunately, speakup is not compatible with kernels newer than
>2.6.21, so it has been dropped from gentoo after release 2007.0.
>
>I've never done a networkless install, but if you go to the link I
>supplied below, one of the handbooks there is for doing this and should
>point you the right direction.  Let me know if you have any questions.
>
>On Sat, Aug 04, 2007 at 11:30:26AM +1200, Marcel Oats wrote:
> > Hi, are you saying that they have dropped speakup from the normal
> > distribution?  The live cd contains the networkless install, is 
> that correct?
> > Thanks,
> > Marcel
> > At 10:18 a.m. 4/08/2007, you wrote:
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> > >Hi Nick,
> > >
> > >On Fri, Aug 03, 2007 at 05:47:01PM -0400, Nick Gawronski wrote:
> > > > Hi, I am currently using debian etch\ but as not all of the packages I
> > > > want are included in debian by default like autoconf, automake and
> > > > similar packages I need to install them using apt-get.  gcc is another
> > > > example as it is listed as the build-essential package if you really
> > > > want to compile things.  What is the latest version of the gentoo
> > > > installation CD that does not require X windows and has speakup and
> > > > should work with a dectalk express?  I would like to at least try it
> > > > and see what it is like.
> > >
> > >Gentoo release 2007.0 has speakup on the live cd.  You should be able to
> > >get it from here.
> > >
> > >http://www.gentoo.org/main/en/where.xml
> > >
> > >Also, there is a link on that page to the installation handbook which
> > >will assist you with choosing the correct iso.
> > >
> > >Let me know if you have any questions.  Thanks much.
> > >
> > >- --
> > >William Hubbs
> > >gentoo accessibility team lead
> > >williamh at gentoo.org
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>William Hubbs
>gentoo accessibility team lead
>williamh at gentoo.org
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