thats a problem. I am the only computer savvy person under my roof and the others are barely computer literate. This present a problem as they would have to tell me whats on the screen and if they don't say it exactly, the meaning gets changed for me (and questions can be answered wrong). It sounds like a lack of faith on my part, but believe me, these guys are not technical and I can be very demanding about exactitude.

On Sep 19, 2010, at 7:04 PM, Ariel Gold wrote:

You might try Yellow Dog Linux. I don't know about Powerbook G3, but I was using it successfully on a Powerbook G4. I'm sorry, but I have no idea if you can install it without visual assistance.

2010/9/18 Technomage_Hawke <technomage.hawke@gmail.com>
well,
I tried adriane knoppix. it still has a lot of work needed on it. There didn't appear to be a lot of documentation for using it in a shell (especially where trying to get a screen review to work). The X desktop was even worse, I couldn't access anything without a mouse (which I can't use).

I need a version of linux that will work out of the box and be installable on my old powerbook G3. I really would like to have that unit working.

I am looking around for other distributions for the blind, but so far, a lot of them require some visual assistance to install and configure (a definite sticking point for me). I might need some help from the plug list on this. otherwise, I have a paperweight for a portable that won't work with a later version of OS X.

- Eric

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