One more addition to the list. O'Reilly Press makes all their texts available to the blind community in ascii format. All you have to do is provide them with a doctors note proving that you are visually impaired and sign a statement saying that you will not distribute any material obtained from them, and they will provide you with whatever text you need (As long as its an O'Reilly Press, <grin>). Keith -----Original Message----- From: Janina Sajka [mailto:janina@xxxxxxx] Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2001 9:01 AM To: speakup at braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: linux starters manual I have two suggestions: 1.) RFB&D has at least one good title that I'm aware of. The book is "Understanding Unix," and it's available in electronic text. While it's a bit old, it's still very useful; 2.) The Internet is your best friend in learning about linux.You might want to start at: http://www.linux.org Select 'documentation' and then select 'general information.' >From there you might want to select 'linux newbie' which will take you to: http://www.linuxnewbie.org where you'll find simplified how-to documents that will explain Linux in plainer English. You can and should also look at the online manuals for linux distributions like Redhat which is at: http://www.redhat.com. Lastly, I want to offer a tip that has helped me a lot. When I find an article that I want to keep and reread, I save it, but I do not save the text. Rather, I retrieve the html and save that. That way, I can pull it up in my browser and have access to all of the links. Also, if I want, I can go in and clean out all of those garbage links at the binning of many html files that most of us just plow through patiently. Enjoy and explore. Everything you need is available in accessible form somewhere, and one source of information will lead you to the next. On Wed, 31 Jan 2001, Jack wrote: > this has probably come up before but, where can i find a good looong book > that explains just how to get started, why things do what, and how to > operate linux in general. > thanks > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -- Janina Sajka, Director Technology Research and Development Governmental Relations Group American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) janina at afb.net (202) 408-8175 http://www.afb.org/gov.html The invention of the printing press has been named the crowning achievement of the past millennium. Yet, electronic publishing will soon eclipse it. Read our White Paper: "Surpassing Gutenberg" available at: http://www.afb.org/ebook.html Are you developing software? Make it accessible to blind computer users. Read http://www.afb.org/technology/accessapp.html to learn how. _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup at braille.uwo.ca http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
