Re: [orca-list] Replacing Windows with Linux, accessibly?

[Didier Spaier <didier slint fr>]

Hi Jessica,

in addition to what Jude said, you will first need to disable Secure Boot and
for that you will probably need a sighted help.

Link to instructions from Microsoft:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/manufacture/desktop/disabling-secure-boot?source=recommendations&view=windows-11

About Slint, link to the HandBook for version 15.0:
https://slint.fr/doc/HandBook.html

I hope to release the RC this week, installing it would spare yourself the
burden of reinstalling after a few days of usage of 14.2.1 and should be safe.

Didier

Le 12/09/2022 à 16:57, Jude DaShiell via orca-list a écrit :
> If slint works properly on that machine, it will come up talking as
> booted.  You'll need the slint iso on a flash drive or dvd to get this
> process started along with rufus.  The rufus software can put the slint
> iso on the flash drive correctly.  The last time I cleaned Windows off a
> machine and replaced it with Linux was back in 2001 and I didn't use rufus
> then since flash drives so far as I can recall didn't exist then and the
> Dell hardware with intel didn't boot off flash drives either.  The slint
> distribution is slackware international version and is about to get a 15.0
> release candidate too.  You may want to install using slint-14.2.1 though
> and wait until an official 15.0 release comes out for slint.  Slackware is
> already at 15.0.
>  Jude <jdashiel at panix dot com> "There are four boxes to be used in
> defense of liberty:
>  soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
> -Ed Howdershelt (Author, 1940)
>
> .
>
> On Fri, 2 Sep 2022, Jessica Dail via orca-list wrote:
>
> > Hello, My name is Jessica.
> > I have a computer that's not working very well with Windows 11, so plan to replace Windows with Linux, 
> > because that's one of the things I'll be learning this upcoming semester, which will begin my sophomore 
> > year in college.
> > I'm studying computer science with a focus on IT.
> > Does anyone know of an accessible way to replace Windows11 with Linux, in a way that's fully accessible?
> > Thanks,
> > Jessica