Re: [gentoo-dev] how blindfriendly is Gentoo?

[Chad M. Huneycutt]

blinux@××××××××××××.org wrote:
> Hi,
> 	Just a question due to the fact that I'm a Debian user, and Gentoo
> is deb-based;

Gentoo is definitely *not* Debian-based.  It is ports-based and inherits 
more from BSD than any Linux distribution.

> 	But does it provides a good offer of console minded applications,
> and so, should it be usable by visually impaired users?

Well, we would certainly like to hear any suggestions that make Gentoo more 
accessible.  The install is completely at the console -- is that what you 
mean? And we would be happy to add any applications/kernel patches to the 
portage tree to make it more accessible.  If you have a list of packages 
that you think are essential, you can check them on
      http://www.gentoo.org/index-packages.html
or send them to the list, and we will do our best to add any that are missing.

Please try it out and let us know any shortcomings.  Our community is very 
open and active, so if you would like to get in touch with us, you can use 
the forums at http://forums.gentoo.org (down right now, unfortunately), the 
mailing lists like this one, or IRC at #gentoo.

-- 
Chad Huneycutt (chadh@g.o)