Hi Al, That's quite understandable. Since that was your only contact with the Linux OS and it was a couple of decades ago I'm not surprised you aren't up to speed with what is currently available. Back then distributions like Ubuntu, Sonar, and Vinux didn't exist. Neither did the Gnome screen reader Orca and 90% of the other accessibility programs that we have now. The 90's was basically back in the dark ages as far as Linux accessibility goes. LOL.
Just speaking from personal experience I started using Linux myself back in 97 or 98, and back then the top of the line access was a program called Emacspeakwhich turned Emacs into an accessible editor and terminal emulator for Linux. Ugh, that seems so primitive now, but it did give me access to the shell, email, lynx browser, and a few other console programs through the Emacs terminal emulator. Of course, now days with Orca most of the graphical desktop environment is fully accessible including all the flagship applications like Firefox, Thunderbird, LibreOffice, Totem Movie Player, Pidgin Instant Messenger, etc, and needless to say none of that existed back in the late 90's when I used Linux in college for my programming and network admin courses. Cheers! On 8/25/13, Allan Thompson <[email protected]> wrote: > Sorry, my mistake. I know it was some kind of linux. Maybe it was > something > else. It was, geez, a couple of decades ago, lol. > al > --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [email protected].
