[nfbcs] linux (was: Looking for a textbook)

[John G Heim]

I use ubuntu. It is fairly accessible right out of the box. But I'm a 
linux systems admin and I can fix the few problems I come accross. There 
are a couple of versions customized for blind people, sonar and vinux. 
Vinux is based on ubuntu so I used that for quite a while. I think sonar 
is really good though.

The screen reader for the linux graphical user interface is called orca. 
Everything I've mentioned, orca, sonar, and vinux, all have very strong 
support communities. I would suggest that if you want to get into linux, 
you join the mailing list for orca and for the version you choose.

Personally, I think getting into linux is a really good career move for 
a blind person.  Almost everything is done by editing text files and by 
typing commands at the command line.



On 07/17/2015 12:46 PM, Amanda Lacy via nfbcs wrote:
> Hi John,
>
> Which version of Linux do you use? I want to move away from Windows
> and I'm looking for a distribution that I can install without sighted
> assistance.
>
> On 7/17/15, John G Heim via nfbcs <nfbcs at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> In the United States, the university is required by law to make your
>> textbooks available to you in an accessible format. You still have to
>> pay for them though. After you sign up for the course, contact the
>> school to tell them you'll need an accessible version of the textbook.
>> Do this as early as possible because the school may need time to get the
>> ebook from the publisher.
>>
>> I'm a linux user and I always do all my research and coursework with
>> virtualbox for linux. It has a very nice command line interface.I don't
>> know how accessible the version of virtualbox for Windows is.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 07/16/2015 09:30 PM, Amanda Lacy via nfbcs wrote:
>>> I'm thinking of taking a network security and privacy course but first
>>> I need to know if I can get the electronic textbook. It's Network
>>> Security (2nd edition) by Kaufman, Perlman, and Speciner. I've already
>>> checked Bookshare and CourseSmart.
>>>
>>> Also, have any of you taken a course like this? The prof says we will
>>> be doing projects in virtual machines with VirtualBox or VMPlayer. Is
>>> it doable?
>>>
>>> Amanda
>>>
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