Speakup in Linux Open Source Summit

Georgina Joyce gena at gena-j.me.uk
Mon Apr 1 07:00:32 EDT 2019


Hello Janina,

I’m not sure if what you say is quite true. Yes for many distros we had to compile our own kernel. However, remember Slackware V4 had speakup included. I a m sure I was using Slackware V4 in 1999 talking to Kirk etc on speak freely.

Oh, those days of innocence!

Gena
> On 1 Apr 2019, at 10:25, Janina Sajka <janina at rednote.net> wrote:
> 
> 
> 2.)	This was often necessary because one had to compile one's own
> kernel in the early days of Speakup, starting with a download of kernel
> and speakup source, followed by the proper patch command, followed by
> the make config. There were no prepackaged kernels with Speakup until
> the early 2000's.
> 

Gena

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