Starting linux again

[Linux for blind general discussion]

That's great news! I had seen a comment somewhere about debian no longer 
having an accessible install but if it still does, I will definitely go to 
that first.



-- 
Cheryl

May the words of my mouth
and the meditation of my heart
be acceptable to You, Lord,
my rock and my Redeemer.
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On Wed, 7 Jul 2021, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I'd still use Debian because IMHO it is the best distro regarding 
> accessiblity support, easy and uncomplicated installation for a blind user 
> with braille and speech, e.g. I am using Debian for more then 20 years now 
> and I not missed anything. I am also working in the console most of the time.
>
> Cheers,
>
>  Schoepp
>
>
> Am 07.07.2021 um 14:37 schrieb Linux for blind general discussion:
>> I've been very busy the last few years and have been using the terminal on 
>> my Mac for a lot of the things I used to do in linux. Now I would like to 
>> get a laptop for linux again. I mostly want it for command-line use rather 
>> than for the gui though I suppose I may end up expanding to that at some 
>> point. I mostly used debian when I was using linux with a few excursions 
>> into arch. I am totally blind and use speech and braille but the more I can 
>> use braille, the happier I am. I used thinkpads a lot and also converted 
>> old Apple machines but I don't have a spare Apple computer right now and 
>> probably would go for Lenovo. Can somebody tell me which dists are now the 
>> best for installing linux, especially knowing that I want to use the 
>> command line a lot? If I get a Lenovo with linux on it, am I probably going 
>> to want to reinstall anyway and how hard is that nowadays? Obviously this 
>> email is prompted a lot by the thread about getting a laptop for linux. It 
>> really feels funny writing about th
> is
>>    as if I was a complete novice when I used to install and set up systems 
>> all the time but I guess one has to restart somewhere.
>> 
>> The only problem I had with my Lenovos, and this was after years of use, 
>> was having the fan quit. Some of this was just the age of the Lenovos but 
>> it seemed to me that it was becoming harder to know how to set up the 
>> system so the fan worked right where at the beginning of my use of linux I 
>> never had to pay attention to fan settings. It may of course be that it was 
>> mostly the age of the laptops - I got years of use out of them - but I'm 
>> still a bit hesitant because of that.
>> 
>> I know this email covers a lot of territory - I'm basicly thinking out loud 
>> - so just respond to whatever you know and can address.
>> 
>> Thanks for any suggestions.
>> 
>> Thanks.
>> 
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