Yes I thought the same but I've discovered that I can't install Linux by myself, without sighted help, especially if I don't know too many things about Linux. In Windows, even somebody don't know too many things, they could press the "next" button and the system will be installed. A friend installed me Red Hat, and there were some errors when trying to install it. He solved the problem, but he also read me those errors and they were criptical for me. What I don't like under Linux is that there is no help for newbies. The people that know very much don't want to lose their times to teach others. They simply point to a web site, and that's all. Well, I am not online all the time because I am on dial up. The other manuals are only text format, and I should read a lot just to get the information I want. I know, linux is very easy to use if you stay and read manuals for a few months, but it is not my style of learning. I like the trial and fail by example way of learning. This is not very easy under Linux because I don't see any error message telling me what's wrong. I can see "segmentation fault" and I don't know what can I do to solve it... It is the same with the error messages from the log files. They tell more than the error messages from under Windows, I think, but I should learn by manual and it is not my style. I've tried learning from some lists, and almost all the help was "go to http:// .... I think you've got the idea. Well, I've made some lists on Yahoogroups for the blind and I really try to help the people telling them step by step how to do some things, but Linux people don't have the time. Even that friend that installed me Linux told me that if he sees some stupid questions on a list, he doesn't answer because he loses his time. Well, he is right, but if the people who don't know can't find help from the people who know, then why joining a list? Just for pointing to a web page? I know to search with Google and I can find a lot of information about Linux, but it will take me a lot of time to find what I could find with a single question and answer. I have a lot of books about Linux and Unix but I don't have the time to read them all. With my way of learning, I've learned a lot of things for Windows, but is very hard to follow this way under Linux. Maybe I should change my way ... If I can. Teddy, orasnita at home.ro ----- Original Message ----- From: "Janina Sajka" <janina@xxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Sunday, May 19, 2002 5:56 AM Subject: Re: possible sollution This is ridiculous. What do you mean you don't have another "solution?" You have Linux, right? Why would you even want to go further? Why would you bother to waste time compromising yourself over some technology that doesn't even care about you? What kind of a masochist are you, anyway? Stand up for yourself, and let that other stuff go. You don't need it. On Sun, 19 May 2002, Octavian Rasnita wrote: > Thank you. So the people don't want the others attention. I think that's the > problem. > In some countries, it is something very bad to crack or to use pirated > software, but in others, the computer users have no other solution. > So if I can't afford to buy something, than the company that produces that > software don't lose anything anyway, because if I don't steal it, I won't > use it. That's all. > > Teddy, > orasnita at home.ro > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "brian Moore" <admin at bmoore.yi.org> > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Saturday, May 18, 2002 6:58 AM > Subject: Re: possible sollution > > > our copy right laws in Canada are not significantly different in many > respects than those in the u.s. this is one of my gripes with > bookshare abut that is a separate issue. we have the same provisions > which allow for alternate format distribution but we still can't get > access. > > I am no copy right lawyer but I would suspect that discussing how one > might by pass a copy protection system is not strictly illegal, it > might attract some unwanted attention. > > Brian. > > > *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** > > On 5/18/02 at 5:50 AM Octavian Rasnita wrote: > > >Is illegal in Canada to speak about cracks? > >To speak, not to crack. > > > >Thank you for information. > >Teddy, > >orasnita at home.ro > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Gregory Nowak" <greg at romualt.dhs.org> > >To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > >Sent: Saturday, May 18, 2002 3:34 AM > >Subject: Re: possible sollution > > > > > >I agree. However, this list is on a machine in Canada. So ... Of > course, I > >don't know what the differences in such laws are between the 2 > countries. > >Greg > > > > > >On Fri, May 17, 2002 at 08:30:51PM -0400, Cecil H. Whitley wrote: > >> *snip* > >> > >> > Hey Igor, > >> > What you may want to look at is just doing a dump *snip* > >> > >> Can you please cease and desist with this on this list? After all, > there > >is > >> a DMCA for us here in the u.s. This thread is quite possibly over > the > >line > >> of what is legal within this country. I for one do not wish to see > this > >> list banned and the site blocked and I assume that either or both > could > >> occur within the u.s. Your cooperation is appreciated. > >> > >> Regards, > >> > >> Cecil Whitley > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Speakup mailing list > >> Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > >> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Speakup mailing list > >Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Speakup mailing list > >Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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) Email: janina at afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 Chair, Accessibility SIG Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) http://www.openebook.org _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup at braille.uwo.ca http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
