xwindows

['Georgina']

Hi

Ummm, possibly.  I guess it depends upon what country you are in to
define a typical PC.

I think that we often forget the mp3 tutorials that are mainly held on
Main Menu.  Surely shouldn't focus be upon extending them?

Gena



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>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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