Why I chose Linux: I can never get JAWS to read me ANYTHING in X-Windows or the DOS command prompt when it is run inside MS Windows. All my sighted co-workers use X to run admin tools on their UNIX boxes, so I run Speakup. It's quicker, I am more 'in control' of what I am doing, and the most important of all, I CAN DO THE JOB I CAN'T DO IN MICRO$OFT WINDOWS!!! --David At 07:34 PM 9/21/2002 -0400, you wrote: >Why I chose linux, that's because it's free and I can install it on as much >computers as I want without worrying about licensing crap like I'd have to >do with winblows. The only reason winblows is still here is because I still >haven't got reliable speech on linux and am still looking for a machine to >devote completely to linux. The only reason winblows will have to stay is >because I need to do ocr and don't know of any ocr for linux. >Explorer has caused a general protection fault in module kernel32.dll. I'm >sick of Winblows! >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Kenny Hitt" <kennyhitt at knology.net> >To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> >Sent: Saturday, September 21, 2002 6:59 PM >Subject: Why I choose Linux, was Re: NFB Net goes linux! > > > > Hi. I have a non technical girl friend who had no problem starting to > > use my system with gnome. We've been together for a year. She just > > found console apps more trouble than using a MS-Windows computer. > > Finally, I got X-windows working. > > I never had to ask her to read a screen until > > after I got gnome working. She likes the fact she can change everything > > on her desktop to look and act the way she wants. > > I install galeon for the default browser. She loves it! So far, she > > can do any thing on the web she wants. > > I still don't have access to the GUI, but that should change soon. In > > the mean time, I can do everything I did with a MS-windows computer with > > console apps. The only thing I don't have working is OCR. > > The thing I like about this setup is all the software to do this is > > free! Sure, I spent a lot of time learning about a lot of things to get > > it set up, but I have lots of time. > > > > Kenny > > > > On Sat, Sep 21, 2002 at 05:46:54PM -0400, David Poehlman wrote: > > > Ihave a non technical spous who loves the command line interface. > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Darrell Shandrow" <nu7i at azboss.net> > > > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > > > Sent: Saturday, September 21, 2002 5:37 PM > > > Subject: Re: NFB Net goes linux! > > > > > > > > > Hi Ann, > > > > > > Keep in mind that Linux is actually not appropriate for most users, > > > especially the command-line interface. Most people want their > > > technology to > > > be simple to operate. They're not interested in how the computer works > > > or > > > anything of that sort. They just want to use it to get work done! For > > > those non-technical users, Linux is typically inappropriate at this > > > stage; > > > that is changing, but these are the facts at this time. And, this is > > > coming > > > from a Linux sys admin with 2 Linux boxes at home and administrative > > > responsibility for numerous FreeBSD and Linux boxes at work. > > > > > > See, where I work, system admins also handle sales and technical > > > support, so > > > I am made aware of the non-technical nature of most people who use a > > > > > computer on a daily basis. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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
