xwindows

[Will Smith]

Hi there,

Actually there'd be good reason to design such a tutorial around a readily
available, relatively inexpensive PC available widely as a refurbished
unit.  Something like one of the Compaq 4000 or earlier HP Pavilion or
Dell come to mind.  Describe a unit using a Dubltalk card, Soundblaster
16, with their original CD unit.  Use a widely availble and solid modem
that works with linux.

This should cover it for a wide number of us who'd like to start with a
modestly priced and widely avalable PC, devoted entirely to running linux
for the first time.

I do realize hardware variations can cause troubles, and  that's why I
would recommend using a widely available unit.

Will
wilsmith at iglou.com
 On Tue, 14 May 2002, Toby
Fisher wrote:

> On Tue, 14 May 2002, Will Smith wrote:
>
> > I'm surprised that no one has been willing or able to create such a
> > tutorial product, as I believe it would fill a great and growing need by
> > many blind computer users.
>
> Unfortunately, I'm not.  Think about it.
> The first problem you've got is to try and cover every conceivable piece
> of relevant hardware, modems (hardware or winmodems), sound cards,
> mother-board chipsets, ith or without another os already installed,
> network cards, dsl access (which can differ, some need ppp over atm, some
> don't), where ould it end?
>
> Cheers.
>
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