Thanks, SUCCESS FINALLY!

[Herzog]

NOTE THE FOLLOWING!!!!!! YES, MY NEW MACHINE HAS UBUNTU 7.04 The feisty 
Fawn, AND IT HAS SPEECH  ORCA!!  It is an April 2007 release of Ubuntu.

 From the site: 
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Accessibility?action=show&redirect=Accessibility%2Fdoc%2FGuide

The most common accessibility tools such as Orca and onBoard are 
preinstalled on any standard Ubuntu system and are easy to activate. The 
screen reader, magnifier and on-screen keyboard are all activated using 
the Gnome Assistive Technology Preferences panel, Found in the System 
Menu under Preferences.
Resources
       [WWW] Ubuntu Accessibility Page

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  David Snyderman wrote:

   I've got Ubuntu running on my home machine-- it's basically a white 
box that I purchased from Microworx. But I agree-- I'm thinking about 
buying a new machine and at this point, I'm focusing on Dell because 
they have the right combination of price and trustworthiness.

I have a 64 bit AMD on my Microworx machine but have never been able to 
install 64 bit Ubuntu-- I'm running (and have since dapper) 32 bit. I'm 
hoping that by buying from Dell, you're guaranteed that *everything* 
will work.

Thanks!
David

David M. Snyderman
davesnyd at yahoo.com
http://www.linkedin.com/in/davidsnyderman
skype: davesnyd

---- Original Message ----
From: Herzog <herzog at frontiernet.net>
To: davesnyd at yahoo.com
Cc: Paul Tomblin <ptomblin at xcski.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 7, 2007 12:22:33 AM
.............
The site for Ubuntu Guide is great.
I just ordered a Dell Laptop with Ubuntu, so will need it I'm sure; 
especially as I hope to get emac speech on it!
I gave up trying to get Ubuntu Linux on my computers, so will devote the 
new one solely to it.Will
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Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2007 11:04:31 -0400
From: "Joshua Fagan" <joshua.fagan at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Lugor-discuss] beware automatix

Good point.

On 8/6/07, Paul Tomblin <ptomblin at xcski.com> wrote:
     Quoting Joshua Fagan (joshua.fagan at gmail.com):
     > > Automatix to many friends who are new to Linux.  Maybe now I 
will just  spend 15 minutes showing them how to apt get, lol.

   > Show them how to use "aptitude".  Very friendly compared to apt-get.

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I feel silly, because I just discovered the unofficial Ubuntu guide. But 
I'm not sure it has been discussed here, so if anyone else is unaware of 
its existence, here's what it has to say about Codecs:

http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Ubuntu:Feisty#Multimedia_Codecs_.26_Browser_Plug-ins

Maybe not as *easy* as Automatix but I think it covers most or all of 
the bases.

Thanks!
David