Re: [Blind-sysadmins] Accessible Linux distros
what is the difference between the distro? If you know how to use one bistro do you know how to use them all? Sent from my iPad
On Aug 17, 2015, at 7:14 PM, Jad Wauthier <jtwauthier@gmail.com> wrote:
I found this interesting. Maybe someone will find it helpful.
https://opensource.com/life/15/8/accessibility-linux-blind-disabled
-- Jad Wauthier | Problem Solver Phone: 512.290.3494 Fax: 512.367.5925
It's all in the perception.
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Yes and no. Linux is generally Linux. Tools and commands are usually the same or very similar. However, there are some noticeable differences. Package managers (yum verses apt-get) and file layouts are a couple of main differences. If you no how to do something on one flavor, you generally can figure out how to do it on a different flavor. Jad Wauthier On 8/18/2015 4:01 PM, curtis jackson wrote:
what is the difference between the distro? If you know how to use one bistro do you know how to use them all?
Sent from my iPad
On Aug 17, 2015, at 7:14 PM, Jad Wauthier<jtwauthier@gmail.com> wrote:
I found this interesting. Maybe someone will find it helpful.
https://opensource.com/life/15/8/accessibility-linux-blind-disabled
-- Jad Wauthier | Problem Solver Phone: 512.290.3494 Fax: 512.367.5925
It's all in the perception.
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Good points all. For example, I have to keep reminding myself that what most Linux systems call bind, Fedora calls RNDC. And now Fedora's gone and changed "yum" (Yellowdog Update Manager) to DNF. On Tue, 18 Aug 2015 17:00:05 -0500, you wrote:
Yes and no. Linux is generally Linux. Tools and commands are usually the same or very similar. However, there are some noticeable differences. Package managers (yum verses apt-get) and file layouts are a couple of main differences. If you no how to do something on one flavor, you generally can figure out how to do it on a different flavor.
Jad Wauthier
On 8/18/2015 4:01 PM, curtis jackson wrote:
what is the difference between the distro? If you know how to use one bistro do you know how to use them all?
Sent from my iPad
On Aug 17, 2015, at 7:14 PM, Jad Wauthier<jtwauthier@gmail.com> wrote:
I found this interesting. Maybe someone will find it helpful.
https://opensource.com/life/15/8/accessibility-linux-blind-disabled
-- Jad Wauthier | Problem Solver Phone: 512.290.3494 Fax: 512.367.5925
It's all in the perception.
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Every version of Linux has similarities and differences. One of the biggest differences is package management. Another is the way some packages install or come pre-installed, and how they are controlled (started and stopped mostly). For example, Fedora has something called a service manager, Ubuntu has shell scripts that control the same services but they are not called services in Ubuntu. Some programs have configuration files that are stored in different places in the different versions of Linux. Some Linux distributions, like Ubuntu, come with speech pre-packaged and ready to go at boot time, while others, like Fedora, don't speak at all unless and until the speech system is installed after the operating system is up and running. Therefore, there is no single perfect solution or answer to the ultimate question of which distribution or system is best. It's all a matter of what you are willing to accept, how much assistance you will need, or can get, in order to install and set it up, and probably half a dozen other things upon which I have not even begun to touch. On Tue, 18 Aug 2015 16:01:56 -0500, you wrote:
what is the difference between the distro? If you know how to use one bistro do you know how to use them all?
Sent from my iPad
On Aug 17, 2015, at 7:14 PM, Jad Wauthier <jtwauthier@gmail.com> wrote:
I found this interesting. Maybe someone will find it helpful.
https://opensource.com/life/15/8/accessibility-linux-blind-disabled
-- Jad Wauthier | Problem Solver Phone: 512.290.3494 Fax: 512.367.5925
It's all in the perception.
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