As two your second question blinux-newbie-request at braille.uwo.ca with subscribe in the message body. On your first question I think it's totally accessable but then I'm just a tad biased. 'grin' Good luck with your linux quest. Kirk -- Kirk Reiser The Computer Braille Facility e-mail: kirk at braille.uwo.ca University of Western Ontario phone: (519) 661-3061