I have tried windows XP with NVDA on that laptop. I have also tried Vinux on there as well. Windows did to me the same thing that OpenBSD does. I had to have someone else install it (ugh!). Vinux was a bit better as it allowed me to install using orca speech on a live dvd. The problem is that I want something a bit more secure and a lot more powerful (hello! OpenBSD) Windows is not useful for me and Vinux has some package and support issues going on right now. so, I want something that is secure (OpenBSD), stable (OpenBSD again) and perfect for the blind user (with the addition of speech/braille of course). With the exception of the last, OpenBSD would be perfect for me. Its stable, doesn't require a fancy graphical interface to run and has plenty of available ports that work. what more could a blind power computer user want?
-eric > Have you tried other OS besides openbsd where everything worked during > install? If so, you can point that out to Alexander Hall who is one of those > who commit to the installer. > > On Sat, 6 Jul 2013 19:43:07 -0700 > eric oyen <eric.o...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> what hardware? my laptop machine. also, its new enough that the only serial >> it >> has is USB (which, as far as I know, doesn't support sserial redirection). I >> also have a desktop machine and its new enough not to have any classic serial >> ports either. so, no redirection there either. >> and since there is no way for me to actually tell when it boots, getting to a >> login prompt and then redirecting the screen output is not entirely possible >> without someone sitting right there to tell me whats going on. >> >> This isn't anything like the old sparc pizza boxes where you could do this at >> the outset and actually have it work the first time. >> >> anyway, thats the rub for me. I like the OS, but this is the show stopper for >> me. >> >> -eric >> >> On Jul 6, 2013, at 5:49 PM, Alexander Hall wrote: >> >>>> >>> >>> Letting the installer redirect the console to com0 does not cut it? What >> hardware are we talking about? >>> >>> /Alexander >> > > > -- > Amit Kulkarni <amitk...@gmail.com>
