Linux with Software Synth on Dell Enspiron2600 Laptop

[Sergei V. Fleytin]

Hello, Martin and list.

Maybe I missed something in this thread, then, please, forgive me for
repeating other advices. But I think GRML (http://www.grml.org) is
exactly what you need.

HTH,

Sergei.





>>>>> "MM" == Martin McCormick <martin at dc.cis.okstate.edu> writes:

MM> 	I seem to be between a rock and a hard place and I haven't
MM> even started yet. The Dell laptop is about 5 years old and has a
MM> 1-GHZ processor but only 256 megs of RAM. There is no serial port
MM> on the system but there is a USB port which I plan to use with a
MM> serial converter assuming I get Debian installed.

MM> 	I was thinking of oralux until I got on that web site and read
MM> that it has been dead for several years. That's a real shame
MM> because I had no serious trouble getting oralux to come up talking
MM> on a ten-year-old gateway with 128 megs of RAM and a 400-MHZ
MM> processor. If only there was something free and newer with that
MM> same functionality so as to see if it is viable. The problem with
MM> something that is at its end of life is that one is stuck with
MM> whatever final form it took. If there is a bug or lack of support
MM> for this or that hardware, too bad.

MM> 	Is there any sort of live CD that doesn't also bring up a GUI
MM> or have some other huge resource hog? gnome and orca are great but
MM> I have been advised that the ubunto CD probably won't be a good
MM> idea in this case. Since there is no native serial port, I don't
MM> have my favorite installation method on this system. Usually, I
MM> use another working system and kermit to use the Debian serial
MM> console which is no problem at all.

MM> 	For what I mostly do, a command line with software speech
MM> similar to oralux but supporting more recent systems was what I
MM> was shooting for. This system doesn't appear to quite have the
MM> memory to handle orca, software speech and gnome.

MM> 	Festival will probably work fine based upon what I have heard
MM> it do on slower systems, but it's that need for a talking
MM> installation procedure I am concerned about.

MM> Martin McCormick

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