-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Michael Weaver wrote: > > I am worried about how the installation will go because my family who are > the nearest sighted people I have around know nothing about Linux > installation. Where in the UK? Have you found your local LUG? http://www.lug.org.uk/ Just the kind of thing LUG members are for, honest. I doubt you'll need their help, but I suggest you get in touch, as they can advise on the other aspects of getting started, part of the goal of free software is to build community spirit, and I'm sure within a few weeks you'll be repaying them by explaining the same things to newer newbies. > unless I were to go for something like a Braille Wave and I am not > sure if that is supported under the screenreaders that support Braille under > Linux. BRLTTY supports Braille Wave according to the website - best I can do, sorry. Knoppix CDs are bootable Linux CDs that fire up BRLTTY during boot - no one here has told me if they work well enough to use from the bootable CD. But as far as making it easy on your family that is about as easy as it is going to get I suspect. Knoppix allows you to try out Linux without fiddling with the contents of your hard disk (it makes and runs from a RAM disk), but if you are happy you can type the magic command and you have a slightly modified version of Debian Linux on your hard drive. If you promise to document your experiences, good and bad, I'll happily send you a Knoppix CD to try, gratis, although with no broadband here give me a few days if you'd like an up to date one. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQE+91vaGFXfHI9FVgYRAp0cAJ4iKxhry65QT04tI+EXcIcYHzRpkACgpAuX Gs7XIvJzJnoDxkPjZI1lLPc= =lBG4 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list