early warning I hope

[Linux for blind general discussion]

mkinitpo with mostly default grub only thing modified in grub was to
enable the TUNE line.

On Tue, 18 Feb 2020, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:

> Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2020 12:21:56
> From: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list at redhat.com>
> To: blinux-list at redhat.com
> Subject: Re: early warning I hope
>
> 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 ?????:
> > 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 f?vr. 2020 04:07, Linux for blind general discussion <
> > blinux-list at redhat.com> a ?crit :
> >
> >> 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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