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"Chad M. Huneycutt" <chad.huneycutt@×××.org>, on Mon Jul 08, 2002 [10:18:44 AM] said: |
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> blinux@××××××××××××.org wrote: |
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> >Hi, |
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> > Just a question due to the fact that I'm a Debian user, and Gentoo |
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> >is deb-based; |
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> Gentoo is definitely *not* Debian-based. It is ports-based and inherits |
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> more from BSD than any Linux distribution. |
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> > But does it provides a good offer of console minded applications, |
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> >and so, should it be usable by visually impaired users? |
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> Well, we would certainly like to hear any suggestions that make Gentoo more |
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> accessible. The install is completely at the console -- is that what you |
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> mean? And we would be happy to add any applications/kernel patches to the |
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> portage tree to make it more accessible. If you have a list of packages |
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> that you think are essential, you can check them on |
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> http://www.gentoo.org/index-packages.html |
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> or send them to the list, and we will do our best to add any that are |
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> missing. |
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Hi; |
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I wonder if anything ever came of this blind persons |
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comments? (seemed a reasonable request...) |
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http://lists.gentoo.org/pipermail/gentoo-dev/2002-June/012933.html |
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Paul |
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set@×××××.com |
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> Please try it out and let us know any shortcomings. Our community is very |
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> open and active, so if you would like to get in touch with us, you can use |
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> the forums at http://forums.gentoo.org (down right now, unfortunately), the |
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> mailing lists like this one, or IRC at #gentoo. |
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> -- |
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> Chad Huneycutt (chadh@g.o) |
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