Hi, Karen: I think all distributions provide mechanisms to install some things and not others. In the case of Fedora Core, which is after all the subject of our installation HOWTO referred to in this exchange, the default selection is likely to install graphical components and exclude some console components. Clearly, this is disadvantageous to the blind user because our only good access right now is exclusively on the console. Therefore the big deal about whether lynx is, or is not provided by Fedora. It is--but you can make installation mistakes that would keep it from being installed. Our attempt to forestall that is the paras cited below. And, of course, as the paras also say, the easiest way to be sure you get it all, meaning anything you could or might want to use, is to select to install "everything." That's an actual choice that you can check. Karen Lewellen writes: > From: Karen Lewellen <klewellen at shellworld.net> > > <newbie raises hand> > which package does as you describe? > before i have heard that > linux distributions really depend on choice, > and I am more the pre-package type than the compile myself type. > so am wondering, or are you saying all distributions come with this? > Karen > > On Wed, 19 May 2004, Janina Sajka wrote: > > >nick G writes: > >>From: nick G <nick6489 at optonline.net> > >> > >>The subject says it all, I found Lynx. Sorry about that bogus Claim. I > >>based it on what Anaconda did for my system. > >>Thanks, > > > >May I remind you of what we write in the HOWTO on this subject? Our > >words are not gratuitous. They're there for a reason. Here's a quote a > >pro pos this very subject: > > > >" * You'll be asked what kind of installation you want to perform. > >This screen offers the following selections: Personal Desktop, > >Workstation, Server, > > Laptop, Custom, Update. We very strongly advice that you choose > > "Server." Unfortunately, the "Personal Desktop," "Workstation" > > and "Laptop" > > installation classes skew their package and configuration > > selections to GUI users, and this is highly > > disadvantageous to the speech and braille > > user who will find that some important, text-based > > programs, like the Lynx world wide web browser, for > > example, are not installed. > >" * You will be asked what packages you wish to > > * install. There's a very long list of > > * available packages, and you could certainly > > * add anything you > > don't install now later, but this would > > be a nuisance at best and tends to be > > confusing to the BEGINNER. We recommend > > you press the "end" key to > > go to the last option which is > > "everything" if you have > > sufficient disk space. An > > "EVERYTHING" INSTALLATION > > REQUIRES APPROXIMATELY 8 gB, but > > it > > will really provide > > everything the blind user > > needs. And, of particular > > interest to blind users > > today, it will install > > GNOME and the Gnopernicus > > screen reader for > > you to use as > > well. On the other > > hand, if you're > > short on space, > > you'll find that > > choosing the > > "Server" class > > installation in > > the > > preceding > > step will > > give you > > almost all > > of the > > text-based > > applications > > you need." > > > >>Nick > >>_______________________________________________ > >>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) > > > > Chair, Accessibility Workgroup > > Free Standards Group (FSG) > > > >Email: janina at afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 > > > >_______________________________________________ > >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) Chair, Accessibility Workgroup Free Standards Group (FSG) Email: janina at afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175
