Re: Introduction and question Linux

2017-11-25 Thread Linux for blind general discussion
of vision in their past. > > On Sat, 25 Nov 2017, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: > >> Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2017 09:43:02 >> From: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@redhat.com> >> To: blinux-list@redhat.com >> Subject: Re: Introduction

Re: Introduction and question Linux

2017-11-25 Thread Linux for blind general discussion
ubject: Re: Introduction and question Linux By the way, blind don't have a double meaning in french like in english, are you impaired (low vision), colorblind or blind (no sight). What accessibility softwares and hardwares do you use ? For email you should be fine with command-line tools, for fa

Re: Introduction and question Linux

2017-11-25 Thread Linux for blind general discussion
By the way, blind don't have a double meaning in french like in english, are you impaired (low vision), colorblind or blind (no sight). What accessibility softwares and hardwares do you use ? For email you should be fine with command-line tools, for facebook there's a limited command line tool,

Re: Introduction and question Linux

2017-11-25 Thread Linux for blind general discussion
1. Is it possible? Yes 2. Is the accessibility ok? Under Windows and Mac but depending of how you use it, it could have some gains. 3. Is it correct that Ubuntu mate is the best system for us? On Linux, there's no best, just the tool fit for you but yes Ubuntu Mate is told to a bellow the

Re: Introduction and question Linux

2017-11-25 Thread Linux for blind general discussion
> I would like to make the switch to Linux. > > My questions are: > 1. Is it possible? Yes! plenty of people do. I've run Linux full-time as my desktop for about a 15 years, and a mix of Windows & Linux before that. I've recently added some FreeBSD and OpenBSD into the mix for fun. > 2. Is

Introduction and question Linux

2017-11-24 Thread Linux for blind general discussion
Hi, My name is Gianni. I am blind and I live in Belgium. I use a Mac with voiceover at home and a windows computer with Jaws at work. I would like to switch to Linux. I use a a"omputer for: email, facebook, web browsing, music, watch video, word, excel. Mac and windows are both not fully