[GTALUG] Seeking help with a unique Linux project?

[Karen Lewellen]

Hi Peter,
I appreciate the welcome.  Oddly enough the one question I can think of 
first is if  drivers for hardware tend to remain even as the hardware ages?
Again for a few reasons, I would prefer to use Debian squeeze.  Yes it is 
a couple of generations back, but I am told that more current editions 
have an accessibility issue, the use of speech from the  <spelling>
Kernel.
Granted as expressed, I do not want to use the speech itself from the 
machine, but use my own speech sources available to me as I ssh telnet.
Still if I ever want to change this, I should be able to do as much.  My 
sound card goal while of professional quality does go back a bit.  Will I 
still find that Debian squeeze supports this card?
thanks so much,
Kare


On Thu, 10 Dec 2015, phiscock at ee.ryerson.ca wrote:

> Welcome, Karen.
>
> This is certainly a good place to ask questions about the Linux command
> line. I've gotten some excellent help in the past. I'm not an expert on
> the command line - I tend to use it as a series of recipes rather than
> with a deep understanding of regular expression and so on. But there are
> others on this list with that kind of knowledge. And we might learn
> something from your questions and their anwers.
>
> So ask away, and let's see if someone can help.
>
> Regards -
> Peter
>
>> greetings everyone,
>> My name is Karen.  I have only recently found this LUG, and joined the
>> talk list.
>> I am a professional singer/ songwriter and media producer with a unique
>> Linux goal.
>> I wish to make use of the varied console or command line based tools in
>> Linux for my composition work, and if possible for accessing media
>> materials
>> too.
>> I use adaptive technology, which is part of why my desire is to ssh telnet
>> into my Linux box rather than work with it directly.
>> I tend to prefer more traditional tools.  for example one sound card in
>> this box will be an m-audio audiofile 2496  production card to which I
>> will
>> be attaching my music keyboard.
>> In any case while I have some of the tools I require, and firm knowledge
>> that my goals are possible. I have not, at least not until now, found a
>> Linux
>> users group in Toronto where I can get the extra wisdom required.
>> I am very used to Linux and UNIX based shell structures. I am using one
>> at this moment  based in freedsb, to draft my email, and use another based
>> in Ubuntu for my nonprofit media newsroom's hosting account.
>> Such is also part of why I want to start with a comparative way to use my
>> Linux box.  I would rather begin with a foundation where I can make use of
>> and learn more right away, than fail to use the Linux box well at all.
>> Let me be sure  my post is suitable before both asking and answering
>> questions.
>> Thanks in advance,
>> Karen
>>
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