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From: charles crawford <ccrawford@acb.org>
To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Subject: Re: xwindows
Date: Tue, 14 May 2002 20:18:16 -0400 (EDT)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0205142017530.1533-100000@localhost.localdomain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.33.0205141324090.7291-100000@shell1>

	Perhaps we can find the grant money to have a tutorial really done
well.

-- charlie.


On Tue, 14 May 2002, Will Smith wrote:

> Hello Charles,
>
> Thanks for saying so well what I've been thinking for years!  I'd be glad
> to purchase a linux "how-to" tutorial that would  provide a solid and
> detailed step by step guide on how to set up and run slackware and debian
> for my daily online needs.
>
> I'm surprised that no one has been willing or able to create such a
> tutorial product, as I believe it would fill a great and growing need by
> many blind computer users.
>
> Will
> wilsmith@iglou.com
>  On Tue, 14 May 2002, Charles Crawford wrote:
>
> >
> > >Hi toby and all,
> >
> >
> >          You said: "Another way to put it, if I were
> > >being particularly blunt, which I'm not, is r t fm.
> > >
> > >Ok, so people don't use uniform interfaces, but that's great, cos it means
> > >that those that don't like a certain interface have a choice."
> >
> >
> >    While I understand what you are saying, the statement only reinforces
> > the view of the vast majority of people who reject Linux and Unix for that
> > matter based upon the real difficulties of using them.
> >
> >          I do not consider myself a novice at computing and I love the text
> > mode of Linux and it's speed, but spending inordinate amounts of time
> > trying to learn and use this obviously great system is a time consumer
> > neither I nor most other folks can aford.
> >
> >          Even when I have consulted the how to docs, I have to say that
> > they often only sort of help.  So why is there not a tape tutorial for
> > Linux tht can be used by the average blind person?  Maybe that is more
> > needed than any other project.
> >
> > -- Charlie.
> >
> >
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Thread overview: 64+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
 How to get an accessible telephone Janina Sajka
 ` Alex Snow
   ` Janina Sajka
     ` 'Georgina'
       ` Toby Fisher
     ` Alex Snow
       ` xwindows Jim Ruby
         ` xwindows Saqib Shaikh
         ` xwindows Charles Crawford
           ` xwindows Janina Sajka
             ` xwindows jwantz
     [not found]             ` <Pine.LNX.4.44.0205131152340.30644-100000@babel.hpcc.noaa.g ov>
               ` xwindows Charles Crawford
                 ` xwindows Toby Fisher
                 ` xwindows Janina Sajka
             ` xwindows Octavian Rasnita
               ` xwindows Cecil H. Whitley
               ` xwindows Ameer Armaly
                 ` xwindows Charles Crawford
               ` xwindows Toby Fisher
             ` xwindows Steve Holmes
     [not found]           ` <Pine.LNX.4.44.0205131106331.2492-100000@toccata.rednote.ne t>
             ` xwindows Charles Crawford
               ` xwindows Toby Fisher
                 ` xwindows Janina Sajka
               ` xwindows Janina Sajka
     [not found]               ` <Pine.LNX.4.33.0205132201240.2521-100000@frontdoor.g0ucu.fr eeserve.co.uk>
                 ` xwindows Charles Crawford
                   ` xwindows Will Smith
                     ` xwindows Toby Fisher
                       ` xwindows Will Smith
                         ` xwindows David Poehlman
                         ` xwindows Ann Parsons
                           ` xwindows Will Smith
                           ` xwindows charles crawford
                             ` xwindows Ann Parsons
                         ` xwindows 'Georgina'
                     ` charles crawford [this message]
                     ` xwindows Steve Holmes
                       ` xwindows Erik Heil
                       ` xwindows Toby Fisher
               ` xwindows Brian Borowski
           ` xwindows Jim Ruby
             ` xwindows Janina Sajka
           ` xwindows 'Georgina'
             ` xwindows Igor Gueths
               ` xwindows 'Georgina'
         ` xwindows Rich Caloggero
           ` xwindows Jim Ruby
             ` xwindows Janina Sajka
               ` xwindows Scott Howell
           ` xwindows 'Georgina'
             ` xwindows David Poehlman
               ` xwindows Cheryl Homiak
                 ` xwindows jwantz
                   ` xwindows Janina Sajka
                     ` xwindows David Poehlman
                     ` xwindows jwantz
                       ` xwindows Janina Sajka
                         ` xwindows Toby Fisher
                         ` xwindows jwantz
                           ` xwindows Janina Sajka
                         ` xwindows Dave Hunt <
               ` xwindows Ann Parsons
     ` How to get an accessible telephone Scott Howell
       ` Janina Sajka
       ` Charles Hallenbeck

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