It now says "so long" - I guess it's all gone. DR
On Fri, Dec 31, 2021 at 6:19 PM Jude DaShiell <jdash...@panix.com> wrote: > https://www.acbradio.org/ is the starting point. It's a radio station and > can be listened to on the internet and with android and iphone apps but > the current programs play. The main menu channel is the one for technical > information and treasure trove has old-time radio programs. > > > On Fri, 31 Dec 2021, D.J.J. Ring, Jr. wrote: > > > Is this acbradio, a podcast, radio program, linux application, or what? > > > > acbradio has a main menu program and a large archive of programs from > main > > menu available for download. > > > > > > > > On Fri, Dec 31, 2021 at 3:26 PM Jude DaShiell <jdash...@panix.com> > wrote: > > > > > acbradio has a main menu program and a large archive of programs from > main > > > menu available for download. One of them has a debian install > > > demonstration in it and another one has a slackware demonstration > install > > > in it. It will not be easy to find them either but they're some of the > > > earlier programs in the archive. More than that I cannot tell you. > > > > > > > > > On Fri, 31 Dec 2021, James AUSTIN wrote: > > > > > > > Hi everyone > > > > > > > > Happy New Year to you all. > > > > > > > > I am really enjoying this discussion and also found it fascinating. I > > > would like to use the command line more and while I have some > experience > > > with it much of what is being discussed here goes over my head. > > > > > > > > I am wondering if there are any tutorials available to help someone > set > > > a system such as the one being discussed up from scratch. Well I can > access > > > the command line from a GUI I am reliant upon a graphical user > interface > > > being pre-installed with orca before I can use the command line. > > > > > > > > I appreciate that historically Linux was viewed by many as a > programmers > > > operating system, but in recent years it has become much more > user-friendly > > > and available to every day computer users. > > > > > > > > Any pointers to tutorials to set this up from scratch from a > blindness > > > perspective it would be greatly appreciated. > > > > > > > > Thank you > > > > > > > > Warmest wishes > > > > > > > > James > > > > > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > > > > > > On 31 Dec 2021, at 05:16, Jordan Livesey <jordanlives...@gmail.com > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > That is why when you are just starting out on the console, and you > > > know how to set up speak up, the keyboard shortcuts for that only > require > > > you to hold down the caps lock key by default, when ever I do an > install I > > > always turn the volume up with caps lock and 2 to turn up the volume, > but > > > as a rule of thumb, I generally don?t need to use it as the terminal > gets > > > all the work I need done, a simple sudo aptitude update and sudo > aptitude > > > upgrade if needed if I check for updates which I do regularly > > > > > > > > > >> On 31 Dec 2021, at 03:14, Jeffery Mewtamer <mewta...@gmail.com> > > > wrote: > > > > >> > > > > >> Even with console applications, there are various toolkits that > allow > > > > >> for the creation of pseudo-GUIs and many such applications do > have a > > > > >> number of keyboard commands, though they don't always adhere to > the > > > > >> conventions shared by most GUI applications(e.g. in the Nano text > > > > >> editor, save is ctrl+o, not ctrl+s, cut and paste are ctrl+k and > > > > >> ctrl+u instead of ctrl+x and ctrl+v, and find is ctrl+w instead of > > > > >> ctrl+f) > > > > >> > > > > >> Most such text-only GUIs are built on ncurses, and there are > packages > > > > >> like dialog that allow shell scripts to to display dialog boxes > and > > > > >> scrollable menus. > > > > >> > > > > >> I also think it worth noting that, on most distros, there isn't > just > > > > >> one console, but several and that you can easily switch between > them > > > > >> with just a couple of key presses. > > > > >> > > > > >> As a general rule, each console is reference by the abbreviation > tty > > > > >> followed by a number and if you're in one console, you switch to a > > > > >> different one by pressing alt+ the function key corresponding to > the > > > > >> number of the console you want. The number varies from distro to > > > > >> distro, but 12 is common, one for each function key on a standard > > > > >> keyboard, though I understand setups with 24 and a distinction > made > > > > >> between left alt and right alt when switching aren't uncommon. If > > > > >> you're running an Xserver, it takes up one of the consoles, and if > > > > >> you're in the GUI, you typically need to do trl+alt+fn to break > out of > > > > >> the GUI and into the text consoles. If you start x manually, the > > > > >> xserver will be on whichever console you were on when you invoked > > > > >> startx, but if your system boots into the desktop automatically, > which > > > > >> console is used for the GUI varies from distro to distro, though I > > > > >> believe tty1 and tty6 or tty7 are the most common. > > > > >> > > > > >> I usually have a stripped down Xserver running Firefox+Orca on > tty1 > > > > >> and use tty2+ for everything else... at the moment, I have: > > > > >> > > > > >> Firefox+Orca running on tty1 > > > > >> aumix(a audio mixer) opened in tty2 > > > > >> A text file open in nano on tty3 > > > > >> tty4 at the command prompt in the directory where the text file > that's > > > > >> open in tty3 is located, for easily running wc to get word count > of > > > > >> the file without having to close and reopen my editor or if I > need to > > > > >> pull up a different file to reference something. > > > > >> tty5 is open to the directory where Firefox dumps all of my > downloads. > > > > >> > > > > >> and from Firefox, I just use ctrl+alt+F2-F5 to jump to aumix, the > open > > > > >> text file, the directory where the file is saved, or my downloads > > > > >> directory, and can switch between any of those text consoles with > just > > > > >> alt+a function key. > > > > >> > > > > >> And while I haven't use them, there are utilities like screen and > some > > > > >> others to facilitate multi-tasking in a single console. > > > > >> > > > > >> And if things are properly configured, switching between the > console > > > > >> running X and one of the text consoles should seamlessly switch > > > > >> between Orca and your console screen reader, though this can > sometimes > > > > >> be tricky to get working right. > > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
