Re: [orca-list] Trisquel

["Alex Midence" <alex midence gmail com>]

Hi.

If you really like Unix, the sel-proclaimed most unix-like distribution out there right now is Slackware.  I 
do not know its current state of accessibility.  Ubuntu is very popular right now and so is Debian.  Both of 
these will talk during installation.  Ubuntu's will talk when pressing control s at the little drumroll when 
the cd image comes up.  The Wheezy installation cd images start talking with when you press s after a few 
seconds after the netinstaller or business card installation image spins up.  If you are most comfortable 
with the command line, Debian is the way to go, in my opinion.  The screen reader it uses is Speakup which is 
built right into the kernel and it is very responsive.  If you are going to use a gui, Debian will do the 
trick but Ubuntu comes with more bells and whistles.  

Alex M


-----Original Message-----
From: orca-list-bounces gnome org [mailto:orca-list-bounces gnome org] On Behalf Of William Gallik
Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2012 6:44 AM
To: List Orca
Subject: Re: [orca-list] Trisquel

I'm interested in purchasing a somewhat older PC (probably 18-24 months old) and installing Linux exclusively 
on that computer.  I joined this list so I can first get some insights as to issues for blind computer users 
working on a Linux/Orca platform.  As such, I have some questions of curiosity:

1)  What is Trisquel and what is it for? Is it a Linux/Unix application?

2)  When Daniel related that he's using a Mac Mini with VMWare Fusion, I'm assuming that this means that a 
Linux OS is being emulated through the Mac native OS (although I understand the Mac OS kernel is in fact 
Unix). How does that work, to get one of the screen readers to function I mean?

I want to migrate to a Linux system because I'm a retired Software Engineer from Bell Laboratories and 
honestly prefer Unix and it's various versions to any version of Windows.

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Holland's Boy, Bill
- "Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most."
- unknown -- but I'm sure any one of a number of us could claim it as our own! ;-) 

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