On Thu, 21 Jun 2018 17:49:37 +0200, Arnt wrote in message <20180621174937.37a2416c@d44>:
> On Thu, 21 Jun 2018 15:35:31 +0200, KatolaZ wrote in message > <20180621133531.jq5a4lhwzaxbb...@katolaz.homeunix.net>: > > > On Thu, Jun 21, 2018 at 05:04:37AM -0400, Hendrik Boom wrote: > > > I've got a friend down the hall considering migrating from Windows > > > to Linux. Ordinarily I'd sy no problem and advise him > > > accordingly. > > > > > > But he is blind and I am not. He will have toe doubble challenge > > > of figuring out Linux and at the saame time figuring out its > > > accessiility subsystems. > > > > > > I have no idea what might work for him. Any ideas? > > > > > > (He probably doesn't know or care about systemd either way.) > > > > > > > Hendrik, > > > > I would warmly suggest your friend to contact the linux-speakup > > project: > > > > http://linux-speakup.org/ > > > > That's a bunch of cool people who have been writing quality software > > for blind and visually impaired users under GNU/Linux. They also > > have a quite active mailing-list. > > > > In Devuan, we have the minimal-live project which provides a > > console-based setup focused on accessibility. I know that there are > > several other distributions specifically tailored around the needs > > of blind and visually-impaired users. > > ..boot any recent knoppix Live usb|dvd|cd with: "adriane ": > http://www.knopper.net/knoppix-adriane/index-en.html > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knoppix#Adriane_Knoppix > > ..and with Alioth down, Klaus Knopper may want an alternative to > http://debian-knoppix.alioth.debian.org/ for his sources listed as > "Sources for the special components of the KNOPPIX-CD" in > http://www.knopper.net/knoppix-info/index-en.html ..and then I found it uses systemd: https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=knoppix ..last non-systemd knoppix is 7.2.0 down at e.g. http://ftp.knoppix.nl/os/Linux/distr/knoppix/ ...if you want to upgrade-n-remaster to e.g. "8.3-devuan" http://knoppix.net/wiki/Knoppix_Remastering_Howto -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt Karlsen ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
