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Go & Linux for the blind. |
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A couple quick links. First off, an intro to the game Go, posted on k5. Good stuff, though I would still prefer to get a chess set so Andy and I can have something to do besides watch Star Trek and irk all day. Next up, via Hunter, a number of really interesting links regarding a blind person installing and running Linux. Due to its lack of GUI requirements, and how braille terminals work, a command line driven environment is much preferable. I can't think of a better way to put my feelings on this than what Hunter said when he spammed the link:
To put it indelicately, thinking about how the loss of any of my senses gives me the fucking creeps; but as Hunter also pointed out, you do what you have to. More information on how the major desktop environments are coming with accessability packages can be found at the KDE accessability page (which unfortunately appears to be down at the moment) and the GNOME page as well. I also sort of wonder how well "technologies" like Macromedia Flash or Shockwave work with braille-driven terminals.. |