New to Linux

Alex Snow alex_snow at gmx.net
Mon Feb 4 10:00:19 EST 2008


It should...the purchased disks should be the same as what you 
download.
On Fri, Feb 01, 2008 at 08:03:28PM -0500, Will Smith wrote:
> 
> 
> I wonder if a purchased  Ubantu 7.10 disc will include what is needed to 
> get speech wrking following these instructions?
> 
> Will
> wilsmith at iglou.com
> On Fri, 1 Feb 2008, Lorenzo 
> Taylor wrote:
> 
> > This one is pretty easy. <smile>
> >
> > To get Ubuntu talking, just wait until about 5 seconds after the CD
> > starts spinning and press f5 followed by 3 and enter twice. This will
> > give you complete access to a speaking Ubuntu Linux system complete with
> > software speech via eSpeak.
> >
> > As for Oralux, it is now a dead project according to its developers.
> > Ubuntu is the most accessible live CD with the exception of grml if you
> > like the command line interface. Grml is the most accessible live CD for
> > that whereas Ubuntu is the most accessible live CD for the GNOME
> > desktop.
> >
> > HTH,
> > Lorenzo
> > There is no character, howsoever good and fine, but it can be destroyed
> > by ridicule, howsoever poor and witless. Observe the ass, for instance:
> > his character is about perfect, he is the choicest spirit among all the
> > humbler animals, yet see what ridicule has brought him to. Instead of
> > feeling complimented when we are called an ass, we are left in doubt. --
> > Mark Twain, "Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar"
> >
> >
> >
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-- 
Now, it we had this sort of thing:
  yield -a     for yield to all traffic
  yield -t     for yield to trucks
  yield -f     for yield to people walking (yield foot)
  yield -d t*  for yield on days starting with t

...you'd have a lot of dead people at intersections, and traffic jams you
wouldn't believe...
	-- Discussion on the intuitiveness of commands




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