Hi Jeff! That was very well explained. Thanks for that one. I am not a newbie but am not using the linux OS as much as i maybe wanted. THis i guess is because I am so lazie and feel a bit stupid if i ask something. I began 2 decades ago with Linux and way back then there was mostly command line use for a blind person. I sadly met people on the internet that was quite frustrated to have a newbie hanging around asking silly questions. /A > 15 dec. 2018 kl. 18:06 skrev Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx>: > > Okay, let me back up a bit. > > Knoppix is a Live Distribution developed by Klaus Knopper based on > Debian. As a live distribution, it is designed primarily to be run > from a DVD or USB flash drive, though it can be installed to a hard > drive, though this isn't generally recommended and its installer is a > bit quick and dirty compared to distributions actually intended to be > installed to a hard drive. > > Adriane(full name: Audio Desktop resource implemntation and networking > environment) is an accessibility suite bundled with Knoppix. By > default, a Knoppix DVD will boot to a desktop environment, but if the > right command is issued at the DVd's boot prompt, it will instead boot > in Adriane mode. > > When booted in Adriane mode, the sbl text-mode screen reader is > started automatically and the user is presented with a menu. Most of > the menu options are for common computing tasks such as browsing the > web, checking e-mail, editing documents, playing media files, or file > management, and most of the menu options will invoke an appropriate > text-mode application or serve as a front end to such. There's also an > option that will drop you down to the command line and a Graphical > Programs option that will give you a choice between launching Firefox > with Orca, LibreOffice with Orca, or a full desktop environment with > Orca. > > There use to be three official flavors of Knoppix, each available in > both an English version and a German version: Knoppix Cd, Adriane CD, > and Knoppix DVD. Knoppix CD booted to a graphical desktop by default, > included only the default desktop environment, and fit on a CD. > Adriane CD was identical to Knoppix CD, but booted into Adriane by > default. Knoppix DVD included the option to boot with a 64-bit kernel, > booting into alternate desktop environments, and bundled as much > software as could fit on a DVD, but had the same default boot options > as the Knoppix CD. At some point, Klaus Knopper got to a point where > trimming things down for the CD release took too much time nad effort, > and now, the only official Knoppix images are the Enlgish and German > versions of the DVd. Again, booting to Adriane is still possible, > though the Knoppix boot prompt isn't accessible, which prompted me to > learn how to modify the DVD iso to make it boot into Adriane by > default. > > If I'm not mistaken, Adriane utilizes the following text-mode > applications for its various components: > web browser: elinks. > e-mail client: mutt > OCR: Tesseract > File Management: Midnight Commander > Media player: mplayer2 or mpv(both are forks of mplayer) > text editing: nano. > Text-mode screen reader: sbl > Graphical Web browser: Firefox > Graphical Office Suite: LibreOffice > Graphical screen reader: Orca. > > Admittedly, I don't really use Adriane much myself, but then again, > I've been immersed in the command line for years, and the only reasons > I haven't switched back to vanilla Debian is because I prefer SBL to > espeakup(the default text-mode screen reader in Debian), sbl isn't > available in Debian's apt repositories, and I haven't figured out how > to replicate Adriane's ability to launch Firefox and Orca without > launching a full desktop environment under Debian. Still, Adriane > seems like a good way for someone who's blind and new to Linux to get > things done without having to constantly fight with the GUI or needing > to jump into the deep end with the command line. > > -- > Sincerely, > > Jeffery Wright > Bachelor of Computer Science > President Emeritus, Nu Nu Chapter, Phi Theta Kappa. > > _______________________________________________ > 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