You can also use ubuntu server which does not install the X windows stuff. I don't know if the installer works with speech or braille however. Tom On Tue, May 27, 2008 at 03:29:34PM -0500, Tim Chase wrote: >> Can anyone recomend any linux that only come as a console-based interface. > > As you mention, Debian will do quite nicely. For a while I had an > ancient laptop (P133 with 32 megs of memory) that ran console Debian. It > worked fairly well -- minus the lousy battery. > >> Debian of course is but how about gento or how do you spell it? > > Yes, Gentoo should work just fine from the console, as would any number > of distros such as Red Hat/Fedora, Slackware (my first distro), and > others. > > Personally, I've used the power of "apt-get" in Debian and it's hard to > go back to other distros. > >> Can you install gento with speech or braille? > > I'm nearly certain that it's possible to use speech/braille with most > distros, however, the ability to use them during the installation process > is a bit more particular. Most that allow for it provide a > specialized/modified boot-CD to accommodate. > > -tim > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list