Hello, Just so you know: Slint can't be installed on a Rpi because there is no ARM edition. Just a question: can't you friend try to redo Slint installation with the most recent ISO? Anyway, good luck. Best, Didier On 25/03/2019 14:53, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: > I will be buying cases and heat sinks for these pi units since that will > make them more able to travel somewhat safely. The Micro-sd, is that a > memory card the pi uses for its hard drive? > > Thanks much for this information and I will be checking out > raspberryvi.org out too. > > On Mon, 25 Mar 2019, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: > >> Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2019 09:02:34 >> From: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> >> To: blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx >> Subject: Re: new technology for me >> >> For setting up a basic command-line system with speech, all you really >> need aside from the board itself is a microSD, power supply, >> earphones/speaker to plug into the 3.5 mm audio jack, and a USB >> keyboard for input. Granted, you might want to put the board in a case >> and install some heat sinks, and a wired internet connection might be >> useful if you don't have a wpasupplicant.conf you can just drop into >> /etc/wpasupplicant. Even if you're doing a sighted setup, a HDMI >> display for the Pi is optional as initial setup can be done from a >> desktop machine via ssh(you'll need to put a blank text file named ssh >> in the root of the SD card's boot partition to enable this). >> >> As for the actual setup, there's a few choices of both distro and what >> to use for accessibility. My current Pi setup uses Raspbian with >> piespeakup, but I hear the broken alsa driver that made espeakup >> stutter to the point of uselessness has been fixed, I've heard of >> people having success with the Fenrir screen reader, the Arch and >> Slackware distros, and F123 produces images based on Arch that have >> Fenrir running as the default. There's also been reports of getting >> Orca running, though most reports I've read say Orca and a full >> graphical desktop environment slow the Pi down too much, though most >> tests have used Gnome or Mate, so the jury is out on lighter options. >> >> That said, you might want to cheack out raspberryvi.org and its >> associated mailing list as their focus is on blind accessibility on >> the Pi specifically. >> >> On 3/25/19, Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> I am interested in buying two raspberry kits and installing linux on both >>> of them so the linux will talk. I have access to Walmart and the walmart >>> app too. My problem is I've never had firsthand contact with raspberry pi >>> technology. One of these raspberry pi kits will be a gift for a good >>> friend and he definitely needs his raspberry pi to talk since all he can >>> do with his vision is to see light. I got interested in doing this since >>> while trying to help him install slint he shut his computer down at the >>> wrong time and now all that shows up is grub-rescue when the computer >>> boots and the other drives only light up temporarily. I did not tell him >>> to shut the system down, this was something he did on his own. I figure >>> if he has a Pi he can use to connect to his wi-fi he can at least get out >>> onto the internet with it. >>> So, what I need to know is what to buy so all of this will work >>> sceamlessly once all of the installation and configuration is finished. >>> Both of us have peripherals which may or may not work with the kit. >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 >> > _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list