Starting linux again

[Linux for blind general discussion]

Have you used the installer where all non-free firmwares are included or 
the normal installer? Maybe your hardware would be have been detected if 
you had used the non-free installer...

Cheers,

   Scoepp

Am 07.07.2021 um 15:48 schrieb Linux for blind general discussion:
> Just make sure Debian supports all of your hardware first. My Acer
> Espire E-1574... or 1575... worked on Arch install but not when trying to
> install Debian. Also be aware that many packages will probably be versions
> out of date of upstream, so missing features and possible fixes. Besides
> that it would probably be a good console system.
> Devin Prater
> r.d.t.prater at gmail.com
> gemini://tilde.pink/~devinprater/
> 
> 
> 
> On Wed, Jul 7, 2021 at 8:40 AM Linux for blind general discussion <
> blinux-list at redhat.com> wrote:
> 
>> 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.
>> (Psalm 19:14 HCSB)
>>
>> 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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