Red Hat Enterprise 6.2

[Amanda Rush]

The whole thing is completely frustrating and ridiculous. This is Linux
we're talking about. There are perfectly acceptable ways to handle this
and make it accessible. Alow people to do the cert tasks and curriculum
tasks via SSH. Give us another way to run the grading scripts without
having to use Elinks since that doesn't work with the updated, modern
button on the page so we end up having to have sighted assistance to do
all the labs because the grading is time-sensitive. Sorry, I don't mean to
go off on this list, but this is something I fought with for three years
until I finally had to quit because this stuff was effecting my GPA thanks
to not being able to take the Redhat courses, which meant I couldn't take
the cert, which meant I couldn't pass the classes I needed to get to the
next step of earning my degree in IT. Not that the degree was what I was
looking for, but I kept hitting brick walls, and it got to the point where
the finances ran out and I could no longer continue. So yeah, I'm bitter.
And I'm especially so because there's absolutely no reason why it has to
be this way.



-----Original Message-----
From: Speakup [mailto:speakup-bounces at linux-speakup.org] On Behalf Of Tony
Baechler
Sent: Friday, March 29, 2013 11:33 AM
To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.
Subject: Re: Red Hat Enterprise 6.2

Yes, Speakup wasn't officially in 2.6.32 kernels, but it could still be
compiled as modules.  Debian Squeeze ships it, but they don't use a Red
Hat kernel.  Even now, they can still make the argument that Speakup isn't
"official" because it's in staging which is considered unofficial.
Regardless, there are other ways of accessing RHEL such as ssh and there
is still no excuse why they can't comply with the ADA and make RHEL
accessible for certification.  Also, there is yasr and Gnome Terminal with
Orca, so even without Speakup, there is still no excuse.  That still
doesn't address the graphical part of the requirement or the ability or
lack thereof to use the VM.

On 3/29/2013 6:18 AM, John G. Heim wrote:
> I ttalked to someone here at the University of Wisconsin who manages
> Red Hat servers. The UW has a site license for Red Hat. I don't know
> anything about it because my department uses debian (lucky for me).
>
> Anyway, he said the reason RH still doesn't give you speakup is that
> their current release still uses a 2.6.32 kernel and speakup wsn't
> included in the official kernel source until 2.6.37 -- which is correct,
I believe.
>
> In a way, I can understand where RH is coming from but, holy cow, they
> are making it impossible for blind people to get certification from
> them. That's outrageous! I mean, I hate to use this cliche but this is
an outrage.
> Personally, I don't give a flying fig about Red Hat because my
> department uses debian. But even so, I find this unconcionable.
> Somebody ought to sue their ass.
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