Gi Howard,
if you worked with DOS, then you know what a console aka terminal is: You
worked on it.
The DOS user interface was completely text only screen aka display as output
and a keyboard as input.
The successful graphical user interface made of pixels aka dots of color called
Windows was
Hi Howard,
in console or text mode the screen the whole screen is used to display the
commands typed by the user or the output from the computer in response to these
commands.
These commands are inputs of a program, which can be a shell (interface between
the user and the operating system as a
Back in the end of DOS days, I used a menuing program. One could arrow
to an item or type its initial character and it would call a DOS
executable. There was even a program such as this included with the
last couple versions of DOS. So would I say I was working in console
mode? Or maybe
It means operating on the command line, without a graphical user interface.
Text mode.
- Original Message -
From: Linux for blind general discussion
To: Linux for blind general discussion
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2023 10:55:51 -0500
Subject: Re: Slint for beginners?
> It's always b
In many cases, this means you operate on the command line not in a
graphical environment. The console or command line mode really is where
all of the linux power tools become available and whenever the graphical
interface environment does anything useful it has to reach into the
command line
It's always been a puzzle to me: What is meant by console or console
mode? I've heard that term for many years; just never knew what it was
or is? Thanks for any explanation or description.
Howard
On 7/13/2023 10:37 AM, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
Yes, I think slint would
Yes, I think slint would be a good distribution for you as a beginner if
you select to start in console mode during the installation. The reason
is even with mate and running mate-terminal the speech is less stable than
with speakup and running in console gets you speakup and other screen
reader
Good evening Jessica,
Caveat: answer from the Slint maintainer ;)
I sincerely hope it is a good distribution for a Linux beginner.
A least the installer should be easy to use (and is fully accessible with speech
and Braille, as the installed system).
Then few configuration post installation is
Good afternoon,
I am new to Linux & am currently using Mint 21.1, but keep loosing speech with
Orca.
As a result, I may switch to Slint, which was recently recommended to me by a
friend.
Before I do though, I'd like to get opinions from the members of this list as
to whether or not this would
