Enjoying Slackware 12 in VmWare

[Zachary Kline]

Hiya,
    This is just a quick note to say I've been enjoying the way Slackware 
12, Speakup, and VmWare coexist together on this predominantly Windows 
system.  I very much prefer my DecTalk USB to anything software speech can 
currently provide, and thanks to VmWare's serial port emulation I'm able to 
enjoy it.  Qemu worked almost as well, the only downside being the fact the 
alternate keymap for laptops didn't function.  I finally got irritated 
enough at it that I switched to VmWare server, which so far has met my needs 
very nicely.
    Slackware certainly isn't a distro for everyone, but I enjoy it.  Feels 
very hands-on and traditional, which suits me just fine.  I hope they 
continue to provide Speakup in later versions.
    My only regret is that I can't do this natively.  I haven't got anything 
resembling a serial port on this machine, and anyhow Linuxen have been 
problematic on here before.  It's ironic that Slackware--through 
Zipspeak--was my first ever Linux distribution back in the day.  It's good 
to be back.
Just felt I'd post my two cents.
All the best,
Zack.