Wow. None of that happens anymore. It's been years since you've used Windows, it seems. Devin Prater r.d.t.prater@xxxxxxxxx On Thu, Apr 14, 2022 at 3:08 PM Linux for blind general discussion < blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Also Windows just works. Nothing just crashes out of nowhere, > > > When did that start happening? I always found just sitting down at a > Microsoft computer to be a wrestling match. Random crashes usually at > just the wrong time, many hoops to jump through just to do things I took > for granted even in the days of good old-fashion DOS, just plugging in a > printer or other simple device was enough to send my computer into a > tailspin, and then there is all the antivirus and antispyware stuff I > had to run that slowed down the computer almost as much as just the > screen reader could do. Even the very first time I used a Linux > computer, back before the days of graphical desktops with a11y that > worked, I went from cursing my computer 3 or more times a day to cursing > it maybe twice a month, and that was usually because I was intentionally > breaking something so that I could learn how to fix it. That was before > I tried to wrestle with EMACSpeak and Mutt LOL. I cursed EMACSpeak for > like 5 to 10 minutes before I just gave up, and actually wrestled with > Mutt for about a week before running back to Pine back in those days. > Things have greatly improved since then. > > ~Kyle > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list