From: Nicolas Pitre <nico@cam.org>
To: <blinux-list@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: Accessibility of Redhat 7.2
Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2001 14:30:41 -0500 (EST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0111161425480.26078-100000@xanadu.home> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <01a101c16ecc$1be598e0$e08caad8@tds.net>
On Fri, 16 Nov 2001, John J. Boyer wrote:
> Hello,
> I've just been looking at the Redhat site. They make a lot of the GUI in
> Redhat 7.2. It uses Gnome 1.4. I assume the GUI is inaccessible for now.
> Can it do anything that you can't do in console mode?
Probably. I never suffered from that yet though.
> 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).
> 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.
> Can I add brltty to that floppy so I can have
> Braille output as soon as possible?
Certainly. See the BRLTTY distribution for instructions.
Nicolas
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