Newbie

[Deena Moodley]

Hi Listers,

I am new to the list and would like to introduce myself. 

My name is Deenadayalan Moodley and I live in South Africa.  I am a
programmer for the South African government.  We, here at work are now
introducing Linux.  It is my job to setup the Linux server.  The problem is
I am totally blind and use speech and have no prior experience of Linux.

My knowledge extends to MSDOS Windows 9x /nt.  Therefore, I would like to
ask for help to be able to setup this server and become proficient in Linux.
We certainly don't have any one in this department that even saw how Linux
operates so that avenue is closed.

So, my first question is:
1.  Which is the best distribution of Linux to use with speech?
2.  Where can it be obtained?
3.  How do I use speech to access a Linux box to do the installation and
configuration?
4.  Where can I find a good tutorial in text form to assist me in my
endeavors?

Thanks for any help.



> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Geoff Shang [SMTP:gshang10@scu.edu.au]
> Sent:	Monday, April 03, 2000 2:28 PM
> To:	speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> Subject:	Re: another newbie
> 
> Hi Ron - great to have you on-board.  If you're in to trouble-shooting
> hardware probs then linux is for you.
> 
> The w;ay to close linux is by using the shutdown command.  Hopefully
> zipspeak is set up so that control-alt-del invokes this.  The command is:
> 
> 	shutdown -h now
> 
> to halt the system.  Use -r instead to reboot.
> 
> Geoff.
> 
> 
> 
> 
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