Linux GUI FAQ/tutorial?

Fri Jan 22 02:15:04 UTC 2010

Yes, provided that blind user has normal hearing because the screen 
reading will be done over the sound card.  I have vinux running and it 
speaks through my sound card and I do my own Linux installations.On Wed, 
20 Jan 2010, Octavian R?snita wrote:

> Can Vinux be installed as a host OS by a blind user that doesn't have a 
> braille display?
>
> I have tried it as a VMWare image but I succeeded to make it freeze and I 
> don't know why this happened.
>
> I also didn't know how to make it access the internet, but maybe this was 
> complicated by the fact that I was using it as a VMWare image.
>
> Here is what I would like to be able to do with it for the beginning:
> - start a command line which is accessible;
> - install MySQL, Apache2, Perl, and use cpan for compiling and installing 
> some perl modules;
> - use an accessible editor, an accessible browser and an accessible email 
> client.
> - It would be also nice if there would be an accessible file manager with a 
> GUI.
>
> Can you give a few steps about how I can use an accessible  command prompt, 
> editor and browser under Vinux?
>
> Thank you.
>
> --
> Octavian
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jude DaShiell" <jdashiel at shellworld.net>
> To: "Linux for blind general discussion" <blinux-list at redhat.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 2010 2:56 AM
> Subject: Re: Linux GUI FAQ/tutorial?
>
>
>> I recommend vinux-gui as either a stand-alone system used to bypass the 
>> hard drive for whenever anyone is doing online credit card transactions or 
>> online banking since when the computer turns off all the sensitive data 
>> goes away guarranteed.  Also vinux-gui should install easily provided a 
>> would-be installer remembers  to run the ubiquity utility to do so.  Since 
>> orca will already be working when the user gets vinux-gui running, it will 
>> be installed so that a user's orca settings are preserved and also 
>> installed to the hard drive.  Hitting alt-f2 and keying in ubiquity as root 
>> user and hitting enter should start the show.
>>  Very few questions in that program too.On Tue, 19 Jan 2010, Octavian
>>  R?snita wrote:
>> 
>> >  Aha, so using the Linux GUI when installed directly as a host OS is more 
>> >  stable. That's good.
>> > 
>> >  Is it accessible to install Linux with a GUI as a host OS by a blind?
>> > 
>> >  Thanks.
>> > 
>> >  --
>> >  Octavian
>> > 
>> >  ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jude DaShiell" 
>> >  <jdashiel at shellworld.net>
>> >  To: "Linux for blind general discussion" <blinux-list at redhat.com>
>> >  Sent: Monday, January 18, 2010 11:03 PM
>> >  Subject: Re: Linux GUI FAQ/tutorial?
>> > 
>> > 
>> > >  That's probably a side effect of running vmware.  Both operating 
>> > >  systems
>> > >  grab the sound card and try to do their own things with it and have to 
>> > >  be
>> > >   straighteneded out.On Sat, 16 Jan 2010, Octavian Rasnita wrote:
>> > > 
>> > > >   Hi,
>> > > > 
>> > > >  I use Linux everyday, but only in command line mode, with Secure CRT 
>> > > >  SSH client from Windows because I find the Linux gui very hard 
>> > > >  accessible.
>> > > >  In the last period I hear that more and more blind users use Linux 
>> > > >  with a GUI and I am sure I am missing something, because now Linux 
>> > > >  might be also better accessible.
>> > > >   Can you please tell me if this is true?
>> > > > 
>> > > >  Can you tell me if (and which) Linux distributions are stable enough 
>> > > >  to compare them with Windows?
>> > > > 
>> > > >  I ask about stability because I have tried a Vinux distro in a 
>> > > >  VMWare virtual machine, but after a few days I couldn't hear 
>> > > >  anything anymore because I might have done something bad (although I 
>> > > >  don't know to use the Linux GUI very good, so I haven't done very 
>> > > >  complicated things.
>> > > >  ...and I wouldn't like to need reinstalling the VMWare image too 
>> > > >  often.
>> > > > 
>> > > >  If you used an editor like TextPad or UltraEdit or Edit Plus under 
>> > > >  Windows... can you tell me if there is a similar editor available 
>> > > >  under Linux which is so simple to use? (So no strange old things 
>> > > >  like vi or Emacs).
>> > > > 
>> > > >  I need to run my programs under Linux in production, and if the 
>> > > >  interface would be really as accessible as the one under Windows, it 
>> > > >  would be much more easy.
>> > > > 
>> > > >  I don't need very many programs, but just a very good and simple to 
>> > > >  use editor, mail client, command prompt, file manager, and a browser 
>> > > >  that can also display the HTTP headers. Nothing more.
>> > > >  Is there an equivalent or even easier to use for TextPad, Outlook 
>> > > >  Express, MS DOS prompt, Windows Explorer and Internet Explorer?
>> > > > 
>> > > >  If there is, please tell me if I can find somewhere information 
>> > > >  about how to use them with a screen reader and a software 
>> > > >  synthesizer under Linux.
>> > > > 
>> > > >  The first things I would like to do is to set up the internet 
>> > > >  connection (if it is not configured automaticly when installing the 
>> > > >  VMWare image), start the command prompt, run cpan and install perl 
>> > > >  modules and also install some system libs with yum/apt-get.
>> > > > 
>> > > >   Thank you very much for your help.
>> > > > 
>> > > >   Octavian
>> > > > 
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