From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from int-mx10.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (int-mx10.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.23]) by lists01.pubmisc.prod.ext.phx2.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id u5TFigdi015711 for ; Wed, 29 Jun 2016 11:44:42 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com (ext-mx04.extmail.prod.ext.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.110.28]) by int-mx10.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id u5TFifqb022926 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Wed, 29 Jun 2016 11:44:41 -0400 Received: from opera.rednote.net (opera.rednote.net [66.228.34.147]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 75A0180096 for ; Wed, 29 Jun 2016 15:44:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: from opera.rednote.net (localhost [IPv6:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1]) by opera.rednote.net (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTP id u5TFibfU023973; Wed, 29 Jun 2016 15:44:37 GMT DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.1 opera.rednote.net u5TFibfU023973 Authentication-Results: opera.rednote.net; dmarc=fail header.from=rednote.net Authentication-Results: opera.rednote.net; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=janina@rednote.net DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.10.3 opera.rednote.net u5TFibfU023973 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=rednote.net; s=default; t=1467215077; bh=GWU0QuLdtxRgVRuZnI0pV2NQiMq9qSdyaF45GIXZqio=; h=Date:From:To:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=EpJq/L6lZhaVByDN/0aTCTnc7rbQMRIPnOvcESREsP/tCGvycr9MDyWA0WnGMyXAe hCMrYj5twaQoQUwK5zYb8udU/JHY11rzkQAkUZ7OvI5ZHUGnUZkpquMgQv+yEIlZse h/wfcNl0xnR1MJ1s8A1Y5RIJ0mXKK0YC7QJAs/Wg= Received: (from janina@localhost) by opera.rednote.net (8.15.2/8.14.6/Submit) id u5TFibhJ023972; Wed, 29 Jun 2016 11:44:37 -0400 Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2016 11:44:37 -0400 From: Janina Sajka To: jheim@math.wisc.edu, Linux for blind general discussion Subject: Re: Looking for a good Linux shop in Madison, Wisconsin Message-ID: <20160629154437.GJ3904@opera.rednote.net> References: <20160629143010.GC1035@debian.abilitiessoft.org> <5773E8D5.6040602@math.wisc.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <5773E8D5.6040602@math.wisc.edu> X-Operating-System: Linux opera.rednote.net 4.5.7-200.fc23.x86_64 X-PGP-Key: http://rednote.net/JaninaSajka_gpg_key.html User-Agent: Mutt/1.6.1 (2016-04-27) X-Greylist: Delayed for 01:30:33 by milter-greylist-4.5.16 (mx1.redhat.com [10.5.110.28]); Wed, 29 Jun 2016 15:44:39 +0000 (UTC) X-Greylist: inspected by milter-greylist-4.5.16 (mx1.redhat.com [10.5.110.28]); Wed, 29 Jun 2016 15:44:39 +0000 (UTC) for IP:'66.228.34.147' DOMAIN:'opera.rednote.net' HELO:'opera.rednote.net' FROM:'janina@rednote.net' RCPT:'' X-RedHat-Spam-Score: 2.312 ** (BAYES_99, BAYES_999, DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU, RP_MATCHES_RCVD, SPF_PASS) 66.228.34.147 opera.rednote.net 66.228.34.147 opera.rednote.net X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.68 on 10.5.11.23 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.75 on 10.5.110.28 X-loop: blinux-list@redhat.com X-BeenThere: blinux-list@redhat.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: junk Reply-To: Linux for blind general discussion List-Id: Linux for blind general discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2016 15:44:42 -0000 I agree. If he needs this level of support, you want actually a fair amount of Linux knowledge, enough to correctly setup brltty to come up by default. However, the machine hardware design/implementation and the Linux specific assistance could be two shops. Or, heck, the Linux job could be just an independent person who comes to his location and does the installation of a morning. He still doesn't need a shop. However, there is one aspect worth discussing here ... I would want a Linux friendly UEFI (bios). I bring this up because I settled for a main board that doesn't support peeking and poking from the running kernel. This is really too bad, and I'm not making the same mistake again, next time my refurb includes a new mb. I forget which efi setting needs to be enabled to support Linux kernel access, but there is one. Janina John G Heim writes: > I am guessing John's problem would be with 2 things. First, he'd want linux > with braille installed on the new hard drive. Second, he'd want his files > copied from the old hard drive. Both of those things would take some > knowledge of linux. Maybe not a lot, but some. > > > > On 06/29/2016 09:37 AM, Mark Peveto wrote: > > Hi John, > > I don't think you'd need a linux shop specifically, just a good computer store that can get you the kind of drive and such. Check with best buy if you've got one close...they can probably get > > you headed in the right direction. > > Have a good one. > > > > Mark Peveto > > Registered Linux user number 600552 > > Sent from sonar using alpine 2.20.13 > > > > > > On Wed, 29 Jun 2016, John J. Boyer wrote: > > > > > My Linux machine needs a new disk drive and a general overhaul. Does > > > anyone know of a good Linux shop in Madison, Wisconsin? > > > > > > Thanks, > > > John > > > > > > -- > > > John J. Boyer; President, > > > AbilitiesSoft, Inc. > > > Email: john.boyer@abilitiessoft.org > > > Website: http://www.abilitiessoft.org > > > Status: 501(C)(3) Nonprofit > > > Location: Madison, Wisconsin USA > > > Mission: To develop softwares and provide STEM services for people with > > > disabilities which are available at no cost. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Blinux-list mailing list > > > Blinux-list@redhat.com > > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list mailing list > > Blinux-list@redhat.com > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > -- > -- > John G. Heim; jheim@math.wisc.edu; sip://jheim@sip.linphone.org > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list@redhat.com > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list -- Janina Sajka, Phone: +1.443.300.2200 sip:janina@asterisk.rednote.net Email: janina@rednote.net Linux Foundation Fellow Executive Chair, Accessibility Workgroup: http://a11y.org The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) Chair, Accessible Platform Architectures http://www.w3.org/wai/apa