From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (nat-pix.rdu.redhat.com [10.255.18.200]) by listman.rdu-colo.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id h4SMKn524995 for ; Wed, 28 May 2003 18:20:49 -0400 Received: (from mail@localhost) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) id h4SML3W23467 for blinux-list@listman.rdu-colo.redhat.com; Wed, 28 May 2003 18:21:03 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com (mx1.redhat.com [172.16.48.31]) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id h4SML3I23463 for ; Wed, 28 May 2003 18:21:03 -0400 Received: from mail-in-03.arcor-online.net (mail-in-03.arcor-online.net [151.189.21.43]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id h4SML2H28898 for ; Wed, 28 May 2003 18:21:02 -0400 Received: from goldfish.ath.cx (dsl-213-023-023-235.arcor-ip.net [213.23.23.235]) by mail-in-03.arcor-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 689D536F90 for ; Thu, 29 May 2003 00:21:01 +0200 (CEST) Received: (qmail 20495 invoked by uid 7780); 28 May 2003 22:18:20 -0000 Received: from localhost (sendmail-bs@127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 28 May 2003 22:18:20 -0000 Date: Thu, 29 May 2003 00:18:20 +0200 (CEST) From: Hans Zoebelein X-X-Sender: hzo@goldfish.ath.cx To: blinux-list@redhat.com Subject: On Slashdot.org : Linux Distributions for the Vision Impaired? Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII 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: 2.0.13 Precedence: list Reply-To: blinux-list@redhat.com List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Linux for blind general discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Posted by Cliff on Tuesday May 27, @07:55PM from the braille-penguins dept. MoreDruid asks: "Not long ago, I was asked to do some research for a blind relative from a friend of mine. I tried searching the sites of Red Hat, Debian, and some other distro's, but only SuSe came up with really useful information. I did find Blinux, but I think it's not really mature yet. Do any other Slashdotters have any experience in this field? What is a good distro to start with? This research is geared towards a blind newbie user, so are there any decent resources for vision impaired people so that he can get going with Linux?" This topic was discussed, in a more general sense, some two years ago, and there have since been questions dealing with several pieces of the puzzle. However, is there anything else out there, aside from the developing Blinux, that puts it all together in one nice package? http://ask.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/05/27/2319216&mode=thread&tid=106&tid=185 Enjoy! --Hans