Re: Accessibility of Redhat 7.2

["John J. Boyer" <director@chpi.org>]

L. C.,
Thanks. I might try downloading the ISO cd images. We have both DSL and a cd
burner.
John

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----- Original Message -----
From: "L. C. Robinson" <lcr@onewest.net>
To: <blinux-list@redhat.com>
Sent: Friday, November 16, 2001 15:42
Subject: Re: Accessibility of Redhat 7.2


> On Fri, 16 Nov 2001, Nicolas Pitre wrote:
>
> > On Fri, 16 Nov 2001, John J. Boyer wrote:
> > > Can it [GUI] do anything that you can't do in console mode?
> >
> > Probably.  I never suffered from that yet though.
>
> Indeed.  GUI-only users can never hope to access the full power
> of Linux.  No GUI, on any OS, can ever hope to provide the
> flexibility and options you can get through the shells and
> associated tools, using the Unix modular toolset philosophy.
> These issues have been discussed before on this list, in detail.
> See the list archives for more info.
>
> > > Is the Mozilla browser usable in console mode?
> >
> > No.  However there are two alternatives that work in text mode:
> > lynx and links (note the spelling).
>
> And there are some other options which may be even better, for
> some users, both line oriented, and through emacspeak... (leaving
> it to actual users of these to give the details).
>
> > > I will have to start my installation with a floppy, since I
> > > can't boot from my cd-rom. Does the disk set that Redhat
> > > sells for $60 include an installation boot floppy?
> >
> > Don't know.  However you can find the floppy image and the
> > tools to write it from DOS on the CD itself as well as on
> > RedHat's FTP site.
>
> And save your money.  Unless you have some use for the paper
> documentation that comes with the boxed sets, or want phone
> support (they would probably want to walk you through using some
> GUI configuration tools), you could do just as well with the
> cheap CD's sold by other vendors like cheapbytes.com (see the
> blinux FAQ for details, including how to get online
> documentation).  If you have a fast connection and a CD writer,
> you can even download the ISO CD images for free.
>
> --
> L. C. Robinson
> reply to no_spam+munged_lcr@onewest.net.invalid
>
> People buy MicroShaft for compatibility, but get incompatibility and
> instability instead.  This is award winning "innovation".  Find
> out how MS holds your data hostage with "The *Lens*"; see
> "CyberSnare" at http://www.netaction.org/msoft/cybersnare.html
>
>
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