From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from plane.gmane.org (plane.gmane.org [80.91.229.3]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5A29AC1A145 for ; Sun, 4 Mar 2012 01:11:30 -0500 (EST) Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1S44fJ-0002NY-5J for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Sun, 04 Mar 2012 07:11:29 +0100 Received: from jdc.jasonjgw.net ([59.167.198.218]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 04 Mar 2012 07:11:29 +0100 Received: from jason by jdc.jasonjgw.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 04 Mar 2012 07:11:29 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca From: Jason White Subject: Re: Anyone thought about raspberry pie? Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2012 06:11:19 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: <4F42F4F1.9090504@tysdomain.com> <4F500A7B.1080301@gmail.com> X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: jdc.jasonjgw.net X-Newsreader: trn 4.0-test77 (Sep 1, 2010) Originator: jason@jdc.jasonjgw.net (Jason White) X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 04 Mar 2012 06:11:30 -0000 Robert cole wrote: >Jason, > >Sorry to divert this, but I have read about you writing your thesis >using LaTeX on the Orca list in the past. I was always curious and >wanted to ask you what resources you used to learn LaTeX. I've been >working to learn both vi and Emacs, and I think I would rather use LaTeX >than a GUI word processor for different projects. > There are many good resources on the Web. I learned LaTeX in the late 90s when there weren't so many excellent online sources. Here is one of the newer online books: http://latex.silmaril.ie/formattinginformation/ and if you want a reference: http://home.gna.org/latexrefman/ and I've found parts of the LaTeX wikibook useful: http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/LaTeX There are editor extensions for LaTeX in both Emacs and Vim, which can make your task even easier. Simple documents are easy and complicated documents are possible. >As far as the Raspberry Pi goes, I am definitely planning on getting one >(or more, if possible) when they are offered with cases. It is so >wonderful to see all of these nice flashy Linux systems coming out. > >Although the price is out of range for me right now, I'd like to get my >hands on a KDE Plasma Active powered Spark tablet [1] one of these days. >this looks like a very promising device, especially as KDE is seeming to >become more accessible thanks to QT-AT-SPI, Orca, and all of the other >projects which are being developed. This is definitely getting exciting! It is indeed, and I expect it to become more so over time. KDE is the first Linux desktop project to have an arrangement with a hardware developer, but Gnome, and probably also Unity are interested in tablets and other mobile devices. LWN have published very good articles on this topic and I would recommend them as the best source of news and commentary related to Linux. http://lwn.net/