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Thanks for the commands; they all work except lshw (not found). But I do not know how to do the ‘fish://’ protocol in Dolphin.

“I’d much rather have a DWIMNWIS (Do What I Mean, Not What I Say) interface.”

Due to man’s vast ability to verbally communicate it would require lots of programming for a computer to understand him.

I have a copy of Fedora 10, maybe i will try it and upgrade it to 13.

72 posted on 07/07/2010 1:19:24 PM PDT by daniel1212 ("Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out " (Acts 3:19))

Due to man’s vast ability to verbally communicate it would require lots of programming for a computer to understand him.

There is no doubt about that. People have underestimated the complexity of what I'd call a true voice recognition system for decades.

I have a copy of Fedora 10, maybe i will try it and upgrade it to 13.

I think you'll be a lot happier with it if you download the ISO of 13 and load that, rather than upgrade. When you get ready to do it, ping me and I'll send you a list of some packages that will make dealing with multimedia stuff lots easier.