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[Tony Baechler]

Tyler Littlefield wrote:
>> Debian still doesn't support SpeakUP,
> someone has some research to do:
> http://people.debian.org/~shane



Hi,

Sorry if this has been previously mentioned, but I very strongly 
recommend against using that particular kernel image.  First, it is not 
official.  Quoting the url and implying that it is officially supported 
by Debian is wrong.  Samuel and others are working on official Debian 
packages but the Shane install CD and kernel image aren't.  Second, the 
installer is for Etch only so there is no way to directly install Lenny 
or use the latest Debian Installer boot images from the Shane url.  
Finally, the kernel image is very, very old and has numerous known 
security problems which will never be fixed.  Someone previously posted 
that the security issues are Debian specific.  That is also incorrect.  
All the kernel security problems which Debian has fixed in the latest 
images have CVE numbers and are clearly documented in their security 
advisories.