Debian stable shows brltty 4.4. Vinux 4.0 has brltty 4.5. I don't have
a debian testing machine around to check the version. But the last time
I tried debian testing, code named jessie, it had a lot of problems
particularly with the character interface. Of course, if you're just
using brltty, that probably doesn't matter.
I was going to post an answer to your original question saying that you
were asking for something pretty difficult. A distro that specializes in
having the latest versions of most packages is also going to have more
problems. Usually, ubuntu is a pretty good compromise between stability
and new packages. If I was you, I'd give ubuntu another try. Just about
any distro should work pretty well in character mode.
Another thing you might try is sonar. I haven't used sonar since they
switched to an manjero based system. But when they were basing their
distro on ubuntu, it was excellent. They do focus on the graphical user
environment though.
Also, I am pretty sure that brltty uses udev rules to detect your
braille displayand start the brltty daemon. If you need a newer version
of brltty, it may be because theyadded a new udev rule for your braille
display.
Anyway, the point is that you shouldn't have to worry about which
distro to use to get brltty started. They should all do that subject to
the caveat above. It's the package, not the distro.
On 11/14/2014 09:12 AM, John J. Boyer wrote:
It looks like Debian might be the best choice. However, I need brltty to
run at boot-up, so it shows the login mesage. Is there a package for
Debian that will set this up. I also need brltty 5.2, because 5.1 won't
work with my Focus 40 Braille display. I don't want a graphical
interface preloaded.
Ubuntu 14.04 sometimes behaves strangely at the command line.
Thanks,
John
On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 02:13:44PM +0100, Aldo wrote:
As far as I know, there isn't any distro that should be the "best" for
command-line usage; I'am a Debian user since march 2000, and Ubuntu is
giving me as much satisfaction used on command-line interface.
There aren't so much differences between shese two distros used on
command-line, that I may easily say taht they are quite similar and as easy
and accessible both.
The only reason why sometimes I choosed for Ubuntu instead of Debian, is
that there are some apps in a recent version on it; but in general I use
Deiban on a desktop PC, and the only difference for me is root versus sudo
su, taht's all!
Aldo.
On Thu, Nov 13, 2014 at 10:55:53AM -0600, John J. Boyer wrote:
Which distro is best for working solely at the command line? I was using
CentOS for a while, but some of the applications were out of date.
Ubuntu is giving me trouble.
Thanks,
John
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