From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail.redhat.com (mail.redhat.com [199.183.24.239]) by listman.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id B0F3A2F34B for ; Sat, 16 Sep 2000 13:47:32 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from mail@localhost) by mail.redhat.com (8.8.7/8.8.7) id NAA14802 for blinux-list@listman.redhat.com; Sat, 16 Sep 2000 13:47:32 -0400 Received: from mail12.svr.pol.co.uk (mail12.svr.pol.co.uk [195.92.193.215]) by mail.redhat.com (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id NAA14798 for ; Sat, 16 Sep 2000 13:47:31 -0400 Received: from modem-36.lemonpeel-angel.dialup.pol.co.uk ([62.137.37.36] helo=k6w1q6) by mail12.svr.pol.co.uk with esmtp (Exim 3.13 #0) id 13aM3m-0002CP-00 for blinux-list@redhat.com; Sat, 16 Sep 2000 18:47:31 +0100 From: "Saqib Shaikh" To: blinux-list@redhat.com Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2000 18:47:58 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Subject: linux version Message-ID: <39C3C05E.22269.22D91A@localhost> Priority: normal X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Win32 (v3.12c) X-Loop: blinux-list@redhat.com Sender: blinux-list-admin@redhat.com Errors-To: blinux-list-admin@redhat.com X-BeenThere: blinux-list@redhat.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta4 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: blinux-list@redhat.com List-Id: Linux for blind general discussion many people run away from redhat because they are told that it is very graphical and so forth. the realistic view is this: you can install redhat in text mode, and even do this from a dos computer if desired. i have installed redhat, and thee is not a trace of x windows on my system; it loads into the console, i run console programs, particularly emacs with emacspeak. saqib Please visit my home page at: http://www.saqib-shaikh.freeserve.co.uk