If you prefer Debian, you can always helped by a sighted person compile a brltty 5 in static mode, so I won't choose a distro depending only on the driver to run just one device. (jsut my personal opinion) Aldo. On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 10:46:42AM -0600, John G Heim wrote: > 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 > >>> > >>>-- > >>>John J. Boyer; President, Chief Software Developer > >>>Abilitiessoft, Inc. > >>>http://www.abilitiessoft.com > >>>Madison, Wisconsin USA > >>>Developing software for people with disabilities > >>> > >>>_______________________________________________ > >>>Blinux-list mailing list > >>>Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > >>>https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > >> > >>-- > >> | Verstuurd vanaf mijn GNU/Linux | Envoyé de mon GNU/Linux | > >> | ----------------- Sent from GNU/Linux ------------------ | > >> > >>_______________________________________________ > >>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 -- | Verstuurd vanaf mijn GNU/Linux | Envoyé de mon GNU/Linux | | ----------------- Sent from GNU/Linux ------------------ | _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list