[NFBCS] A question about how to install Lennox on an old windows machine?

[Aaron Cannon]

Hi.

I believe that the installer was around a couple gigs or so, but it depends
on which installer you choose.

Yes, the screen reader is Orca.



On Mon, Jul 29, 2024 at 10:59 Maurice Mines <maurice at mmines.org> wrote:

> Hi  I am thinking about  using a SSD to due  the  install. Or. a vary fast
>  flash drive. What  speech package are you use  using I am guessing that
>  it  is  Orca, under gnome.my  last  question for  now is  how big  is  the
>  iso image? I may  have  brailletty questions later.
>
> Maurice Mines.
>
> On Jul 29, 2024, at 12:25, Aaron Cannon via NFBCS <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
> wrote:
>
> Hi.
>
> I have Debian installed on my primary desktop, and it talked all the way
> through. I was pretty impressed with their installer and its accessibility.
>
> Most people are using images written to flashdrives to install, but if you
> want to use a DVD-R or even a CD-R to install, I think they still offer
> that option.
>
> I'm running the Mate desktop. I can't really speak to how good it is
> though. I just use it to access the terminal and run VirtualBox, and for
> that it works ok enough.
>
> Good luck.
>
> Aaron
> On Sun, Jul 28, 2024 at 23:29 Maurice A. Mines via NFBCS <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
> wrote:
>
>> Hello everyone, here’s my question, and/or questions. What is the best
>> method for me to use to install one X on a Dell 15.6 inch laptop that has a
>> dying battery and its windows it’s getting so slow these days that it’s
>> hardly worth keeping windows. I have moved my windows to a different
>> machine. So I’m considering installing Lennox on this windows machine to
>> allow me to do some different things with personal computing equipment.
>> Question number one is it preferable to use a live installation disk? Or if
>> it’s still considered appropriate to take an ISO image and make installable
>> media, meeting a thumb drive to do this? My second question is probably a
>> little bit more tricky, which of the major distributions can be installed
>> as a blind person? Meaning I’m looking for an installation that will either
>> talk, and or have braille output and or worst case scenario have me using
>> my MacBook Pro as a terminal for me to see how the insulation is
>> progressing a.k.a. install it over the local network.I know that I’m going
>> to use probably orca after it’s installed because that’s what I have any
>> virtual machine on my Mac. But I’m still trying to figure out the best way
>> to get braille TTY onto the system to work with my current braille display.
>> I know that I’m going to use probably orca after it’s installed because
>> that’s what I have any virtual machine on my Mac. But I’m still trying to
>> figure out the best way to get braille TTY onto the system to work with my
>> current braille display?Looking for any good suggestions that someone on
>> the list might be able to offer.
>>
>> Two final thoughts here, one is my signature pretty much says mine
>> reality meaning I am deaf  Looking for any good suggestions that someone on
>> the list might be able to offer.
>>
>> Two final thoughts here, one is my signature pretty much says mine
>> reality meaning I am deaf blind. Which means there are some definite
>> hearing challenges. My braille display is  a Brailleiant BI 40 It and a
>> Brailleiant BI 20 It. Final question how is Lennox with Bluetooth? This is
>> because of needing to potentially use Bluetooth braille, and should I ever
>> figure out how to do this get Bluetooth audio so that I can use the machine
>> for some audio with my hearing aids.
>>
>> Just so that everyone is aware the entire text of this email above what
>> I’m saying here has been dictated to my iPhone. Everything below this
>> section of the email is of course my official NFB signature block. I look
>> forward to reading everyone’s answers on the list. Thank you all very much
>> for reading this. And because this is being dictated, please excuse any
>> errors appear above, they certainly weren’t intended.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Maurice Mines, President
>>
>> National Federation of the Blind Deaf-Blind Division
>>
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>>
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>>
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>>
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>>
>>
>> Maurice Mines, President
>>
>> National Federation of the Blind Deaf-Blind Division
>>
>> Email: nfbdbpresident at mmines.org
>>
>> Website: www.nfb.org <http://www.nfbdeaf-blind.org>
>>
>> Live the life you want.
>>
>> The National Federation of the Blind Deaf-Blind Division, a proud
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>>
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>>
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>> day
>>
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>>
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