Hi Parham, Not true. I have installed Ubuntu Linux 8.04 on my laptop, and Orca works great with Firefox 3.0. It works a lot better than the 2.x versions. I don't know where you got the information Orca doesn't work with Firefox 3, but it isn't true at least with the latest builds of Orca and Firefox 3.0. As far as training courses goes you have a point there. Most colleges, universities, and vocational schools haven't yet added Linux to their training courses. At least not for the casual or average student. I did have Linux for my Computer Science degree, but then again that was only because it was emerging as a leader in server side software at that time. However, as far as using shell commands like ls, cd, mkdir, etc there isn't much demand to know that sort of thing since the majority of the stuff is now graphical just like Windows. Many distributions of Linux such as Ubuntu have done a lot of work the passed year or two in trying to make Linux as user friendly as Windows and for the most part it is if you get the right distribution. Problem is there are some Linux makers out there that don't care about user friendliness, and they make all the other companies that are doing it look bad. Finally, if you want to talk about reliability I would have to say I have found my Linux systems is far more stable and reliable than Windows. For one thing all the thousands upon thousands of Windows based viruses don't mean anything to Linux. Sure there are a handful of Linux viruses out there, but the actual probability of ever getting one is several thousand times less likely than getting a Windows based virus on a Windows computer. Both the dpkg and rpm package management systems are far more reliable than Windows Installer based installations. The main reason is that it will warn you if uninstalling a certain package will cause various programs to crash, and they have smart installers. For example, if you run the apt-get tool when installing a program it will see if all dependancies are met, and if not go to the Ubuntu Linux web site and grab the missing dependancies for you. Like if you install a game that requires mono and SDL and they are not installed it will first install them, or upgrade them to the required version, and then install your game. This is so much nicer than trying to figure out what version of Direct X a person has, if they have the .Net Framework, bla.In Linux it will just do the version check for you, and just do the necessary updates for you. As far as recovering from a crash I have not found too many times where the system crashed so bad I had to totally reboot the computer from scratch. If Ubuntu Linux does crash, like Orca does lock up, just doing an alt+control+backspace will kill the current Gnome session, take me back to the login screen, where I log back in and resume what I was doing. None of this Explorer has performed an illegal operation and must be shutdown crap I have to deal with in Vista. If Explorer crashes I usually have to wind up restarting the entire computer from scratch just to fix the problem. So reliability is something I respect in Linux. As for FreeBSD I have used it, but it is not my favorite OS. It is falling behind Linux somewhat when it comes to accessibility issues. I am not really all that impressed with FreeBSD's driver support. Their primary market is server side applications, and wasn't really meant for home user use like Linux is beginning to target.
Parham wrote: > Hi, > speaking sighted-wise, it's because there are all these courses for learning > Windows and such, and there are not much people who know how to use linux, > let alone use it. My girlfriend who studied computers in highschool knows > about LS and stuff. They teach them very basic stuff, and on a RedHat > distro, so it's not reliable. > Speaking blind-wise, I myself don't like Orca because of the support it > doesn't provide. I mean it's wonderful and it's going to be great in a year > or two -- but not now. FreeBSD still remains to be tested, though. I've > heard Orca doesn't support Firefox 3 on it! > --- > Contact info: > Skype: parham-d > MSN: fire_lizard16 at hotmail dot com > email: parham90 at GMail dot com --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org 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]
