From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from user-24-214-63-14.knology.net ([24.214.63.14] helo=smtp2.knology.net ident=qmailr) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with smtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 17stDK-0006Ee-00 for ; Sat, 21 Sep 2002 18:59:02 -0400 Received: (qmail 14136 invoked from network); 21 Sep 2002 22:59:01 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO potpal) (24.214.40.161) by smtp2.knology.net with SMTP; 21 Sep 2002 22:59:01 -0000 Received: from kennyhitt by potpal with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 17stDN-0005hr-00 for ; Sat, 21 Sep 2002 17:59:05 -0500 Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2002 17:59:05 -0500 To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Why I choose Linux, was Re: NFB Net goes linux! Message-ID: <20020921225905.GB21803@potpal> References: <007101c26112$569f9600$2aa5a6d8@scottscomp> <15756.19933.933781.632380%akp@eznet.net> <003a01c261b7$0fe5e7f0$0201a8c0@NU7I> <001a01c261b8$66eab610$1cf42041@inspiron5000e> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <001a01c261b8$66eab610$1cf42041@inspiron5000e> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i From: Kenny Hitt Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Hi. I have a non technical girl friend who had no problem starting to use my system with gnome. We've been together for a year. She just found console apps more trouble than using a MS-Windows computer. Finally, I got X-windows working. I never had to ask her to read a screen until after I got gnome working. She likes the fact she can change everything on her desktop to look and act the way she wants. I install galeon for the default browser. She loves it! So far, she can do any thing on the web she wants. I still don't have access to the GUI, but that should change soon. In the mean time, I can do everything I did with a MS-windows computer with console apps. The only thing I don't have working is OCR. The thing I like about this setup is all the software to do this is free! Sure, I spent a lot of time learning about a lot of things to get it set up, but I have lots of time. Kenny On Sat, Sep 21, 2002 at 05:46:54PM -0400, David Poehlman wrote: > Ihave a non technical spous who loves the command line interface. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Darrell Shandrow" > To: > Sent: Saturday, September 21, 2002 5:37 PM > Subject: Re: NFB Net goes linux! > > > Hi Ann, > > Keep in mind that Linux is actually not appropriate for most users, > especially the command-line interface. Most people want their > technology to > be simple to operate. They're not interested in how the computer works > or > anything of that sort. They just want to use it to get work done! For > those non-technical users, Linux is typically inappropriate at this > stage; > that is changing, but these are the facts at this time. And, this is > coming > from a Linux sys admin with 2 Linux boxes at home and administrative > responsibility for numerous FreeBSD and Linux boxes at work. > > See, where I work, system admins also handle sales and technical > support, so > I am made aware of the non-technical nature of most people who use a > computer on a daily basis.