What is a talking X

[John Heim]

One of the main reasons system administrators like linux so much is because 
of the availability of a text console. It's not going away any time soon. If 
grml starts emphasising the GUI interface more, somebody else will come out 
with a live CD that is like what grml used to be.  There already are 
alternatives like SRD (System Rescue Disk) that put a greater emphasis  on 
just getting a machine booted, forget about the fancy stuff.

I would estimate that I need a grml CD to bail out a machine once a week on 
the average. I even took the time to alter the CD so that it would speak via 
a doubletalk without typing any boot parms. That's how much I rely on grml 
in my job. When a machine won't boot off the hard drive, most of the time 
it's an emergency and I can't be diddling around trying to figure out when 
it's the right time to type in boot parms.

Most of the computers I deal with on a daily basis don't even have the GUI 
installed. It would just be a waste of disk space.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "josh" <jkenn337 at gmail.com>
To: "Linux for blind general discussion" <blinux-list at redhat.com>
Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2008 8:17 AM
Subject: Re: What is a talking X


> is the text or console interface still a popular one? things like RedHat 
> and grml with speakup? or are the consoles being replaced by graphical 
> desktops?
>
> Josh
>
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Willem van der Walt" <wvdwalt at csir.co.za>
> To: "Linux for blind general discussion" <blinux-list at redhat.com>
> Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2008 9:13 AM
> Subject: Re: What is a talking X
>
>
>> Yes,
>> but the keyword here seem to be GTK2.  If programs use that toolkit, they
>> have a good chance to be made accessible where if they use some of the
>> other graphical toolkits, they are almost sure to be inaccessible.
>> There is a lot of work happening here, so things might change sooner than
>> we think.
>>
>> On Thu, 28 Feb 2008, josh wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> the gnome desktop is the only graphical linux interface accessible or 
>>> useable
>>> by blind people at this time, right?
>>>
>>> Josh
>>>
>>> email: jkenn337 at gmail.com
>>> skype: jkenn337
>>> msn: kenn6498ku at hotmail.com
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Willem van der Walt" 
>>> <wvdwalt at csir.co.za>
>>> To: "Linux for blind general discussion" <blinux-list at redhat.com>
>>> Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2008 8:05 AM
>>> Subject: Re: What is a talking X
>>>
>>>
>>> > They were most likely refering to a talking graphical user interface 
>>> > under
>>> > Unix or Mac.
>>> > X-windows is the base component of all graphic user interfaces under
>>> > unix-like systems.
>>> > The Orca screen reader is a screen reader that works under the gnome
>>> > desktop.  The Gnome desktop runs under X-windows so that would as a
>>> > combination constitute a talking X.
>>> > HTH, Willem
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > On Thu, 28 Feb 2008, Imbar Golt wrote:
>>> >
>>> > > Hi,
>>> > >
>>> > > someone mentioned a talking X once and I would like to know what it 
>>> > > is
>>> > > please.
>>> > >
>>> > > Thanks,
>>> > >
>>> > > Imbar
>>> > >
>>> > >
>>> > > Imbar Golt
>>> > > Email and Messenger: imbar at netvision.net.il
>>> > > Skype: Imbargolt
>>> > >
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