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[144.92.166.70]) by smtp.googlemail.com with ESMTPSA id m89sm324409ioi.32.2017.05.26.07.11.08 for (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Fri, 26 May 2017 07:11:09 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: Linux flavor recommendations? To: Linux for blind general discussion References: Message-ID: <260d664c-f72a-1080-2a61-34545914c49a@johnheim.com> Date: Fri, 26 May 2017 09:11:08 -0500 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/52.1.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.5.16 (mx1.redhat.com [10.5.110.38]); Fri, 26 May 2017 14:11:11 +0000 (UTC) X-Greylist: inspected by milter-greylist-4.5.16 (mx1.redhat.com [10.5.110.38]); Fri, 26 May 2017 14:11:11 +0000 (UTC) for IP:'209.85.223.180' DOMAIN:'mail-io0-f180.google.com' HELO:'mail-io0-f180.google.com' FROM:'john@johnheim.com' RCPT:'' X-RedHat-Spam-Score: -1.91 (BAYES_50, DCC_REPUT_00_12, DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H2, RCVD_IN_SORBS_SPAM) 209.85.223.180 mail-io0-f180.google.com 209.85.223.180 mail-io0-f180.google.com X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.78 on 10.5.110.38 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.79 on 10.5.11.16 X-loop: blinux-list@redhat.com From: Linux for blind general discussion X-BeenThere: blinux-list@redhat.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: junk Reply-To: blinux-list@redhat.com List-Id: Linux for blind general discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 26 May 2017 14:11:14 -0000 You probably want to point your virtualization software directly at the ISO file for whatever distro you choose. You don't need to write it to a disk first. I've found the accessibility in the latest version of debian to be really good. It's worth considering. I use ubuntu in my job and that has been fine too. On 05/26/2017 05:31 AM, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm just trying to get into Linux in general, and have been doing some > reading about OSes. > > I've been reading a lot of good things about fedora, so my plan was to > try it out in a VM before I do anything else. > > Trouble is, the media writer util doesn't seem to be accessible on > windows with NVDA at all, so I'm just curious if fedora's still an > option for blind folks? > > Or, even better and I know this is quite a broad topic, but if anyone > has any OS recommendations that they think work particularly well, then > please do let me know! > > I've heard good things about arch, which is the second one on my list if > you will, any thoughts? > > Thanks for any help, > > > Daniel > > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list@redhat.com > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list >