"Mr. Jim Vaglia" wrote:
> What assistive technology if any will run on FreeBSD? Is this
> what Mac and Voice Over is based on? Many blind people are mostlikely
> not interested in paying high cost of Windows Vista. Thanks for
> spreading the word among the public if all people with physical
> disab
On 25 Jan 2007 at 13:56, Julian H. Stacey wrote:
> "Mr. Jim Vaglia" wrote:
> > What assistive technology if any will run on FreeBSD? Is this
> > what Mac and Voice Over is based on? Many blind people are mostlikely
> > not interested in paying high cost of Windows Vista. Thanks for
> > spreading t
"Julian H. Stacey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> One problem: (last I knew), FreeBSD only has a graphical installer,
> not Ascii text mode. So you might need somoene else to install it
> for you.
On the contrary, FreeBSD does not have and has never had a graphical
installer. Sysinstall is text-ba
Reference:
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dag-Erling =?iso-8859-1?Q?Sm=F8rgrav?=)
> Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2007 14:35:25 +0100
> Message-id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Dag-Erling =?iso-8859-1?Q?Sm=F8rgrav?= wrote:
> "Julian H. Stacey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > One problem: (last I knew)
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From: "Julian H. Stacey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Mr. Jim Vaglia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc:
Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2007 7:56 AM
Subject: Re: Vision impaired software on FreeBSD?
"Mr. Jim Vaglia" wrote:
What assistive technology if any will run on FreeBSD? Is
Actually, news to me, the free DSB web site implies the OS is a graphical user
interface. The issue goes further than just installing the OS but, rather the
every day use of the OS, to what I understand the interface is in-fact
graphical? Hope this clarifies my position?
> Last I heard NetBSD still offers a line mode installer
Sorry, its installer (sysinst) also uses a curses-based menu system.
Last I heard OpenBSD still offers a line mode installer :)
Also, I don't know if it exists, but maybe bsdinstaller.org can quickly
provide a simple text-based (no curse
Actually, news to me, the free DSB web site implies the OS is a
graphical user interface. The issue goes further than just
installing the OS but, rather the every day use of the OS, to what
I understand the interface is in-fact graphical? Hope this
clarifies my position?
The OS supports a
In response to Robin Becker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> The BBC is to host a debate on multiple OSes.
>
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6288119.stm
>
> They want one individual to represent each OS. Apparently they only want
> Vista,
> OS X and Linux, but I don't see why we can't press for
In response to Robin Becker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Bill Moran wrote:
> > In response to Robin Becker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> >
> >> The BBC is to host a debate on multiple OSes.
> >>
> >> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6288119.stm
> >>
> >> They want one individual to represent each OS. App
Bill Moran wrote:
In response to Robin Becker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
The BBC is to host a debate on multiple OSes.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6288119.stm
They want one individual to represent each OS. Apparently they only want Vista,
OS X and Linux, but I don't see why we can't pres
Thanks, my main reason for inquiring are for pc and Apple manufactures who
may be thinking of offering free bsd to Vista and Leppard as a alternative,
not really interested in messing up my current configurations unless
computer manufactures force a install download of free bsd then will have no
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