Re: Debian potential user, a question or two

2016-09-22 Thread Devin Prater
Thanks for the tips, y'all. I got Debian installed, which was a joy to do. I used the net installer for the 64-bit version. I installed in VmWare, and it all went pretty good until I restarted. After the beep, I pressed s, but then, using an OCR addon for NVDA, I learned that the log in screen had

Re: Debian potential user, a question or two

2016-09-21 Thread Samuel Thibault
Michael A Ray, on Wed 21 Sep 2016 18:34:15 +0100, wrote: > I am a totally blind Debian user and I regularly use the Net Install > method. It works very well, except you will need headphones since for > some reason the volume is very low. ?! That's completely unexpected and hasn't been reported to

Re: Debian potential user, a question or two

2016-09-21 Thread Michael A Ray
> > There are also "net installs" that can be done that start out small. > I've never gone that route so I don't know for fact, but it's always > felt like that's the next step up from debootstrap. It's my > understanding that you work your way up to the specific system you > need (regarding whic

Re: Debian potential user, a question or two

2016-09-21 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
On 9/21/16, Devin Prater wrote: > Hi all. I feel as though I've traveled the operating system globe. I > started out with Windows, then got a Mac when the Mac accessibility started > making waves among the blind, around the MountLion/Maverics days. Then I > got into Emacspeak, and since I used tha

Debian potential user, a question or two

2016-09-21 Thread Devin Prater
Hi all. I feel as though I've traveled the operating system globe. I started out with Windows, then got a Mac when the Mac accessibility started making waves among the blind, around the MountLion/Maverics days. Then I got into Emacspeak, and since I used that so much, I thought Linux would be a goo