early warning I hope

[Linux for blind general discussion]

hello blinux.

disclaimer: since I am a TalkingArch <https://talkingarch.info>
maintainer my opinion may be biased.

> Sorry but Archlinux is not something to use for someone blind using Linux,

I disagree with that. Arch is perhaps more complicated than other
distributions, but with due diligence, it gives much more functionality.
also from accessibility points of view: the latest versions of packages
and the minimum number of downstream patches are of great benefit.

> I just ran a kernel update a few minutes ago on archlinux and tried
> rebooting.I can assure you that this is an isolated problem on your side. I have several machines and a server on the arch. and I didn’t have such problems.
to help I need to know: which bootloader you are using and preferably
its configs.


Sincerely, Alexander

18.02.2020 15:32, Linux for blind general discussion пишет:
> Sorry but Archlinux is not something to use for someone blind using Linux,
> Debian stable maybe with backports, appimages, flatpaks and snaps packages
> if needed would be better with Mate having Compiz under if low vision,
> gnome-orca, brltty, espeak and so on are obviously recommended.
>
> Debian testing is also an option but I would avoid if possible.
>
> Ubuntu Mate however has the top out-of-the-box accessibility at a point
> that blind users could nearly install linux alone without any help, their
> mate menu from solus I think give them their edge, I wonder if Debian could
> use it.
>
> I was working on linux accessibility without being a coder, I tried to get
> vinux and sonar linux team or similar to move to a debian base hoping to
> add a few features that I kept hidden since I need to push a result as a
> whole to fix various Linux issues.
>
> Until then I sadly have to avoid to contribute or I would just make it
> worse.
>
> Le mar. 18 févr. 2020 04:07, Linux for blind general discussion <
> blinux-list at redhat.com> a écrit :
>
>> I just ran a kernel update a few minutes ago on archlinux and tried
>> rebooting.
>> Some uuid cannot be found and I got thrown into an emergency shell.  All
>> of this of course without screen reader working.
>> I found this out as a result of talking to a be my eyes volunteer on the
>> phone after she examined my screen.
>> I have no idea what caused that and have minimal usb stuff connected to
>> the computer.  I had disconnected a flash drive from the computer thinking
>> the flash drive was the cause of the missing uuid but that wasn't the
>> case.
>> Fortunately I use solid state drives and have another different system on
>> one of them or I'd be offline for a while.
>> The volunteer didn't read me the long number after that uuid error.
>>
>>
>>
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