[ale] Linux for "normal" people?

[Scott Warfield]

Unfortunately, the only reason that I do not use Linux as my desktop is the
lack of true disability integration in many aspects of the system.
Specifically I'm referring to Sticky keys and revearse mouse keys.  I have
also yet to see speech recognition that compares to any of the Windows
implementations.

I type with a point stick, use a custom trackball, and use Dragon
NaturallySpeaking (developer edition).  To this end, I have set up a custom
vncserver on my primary Linux system so that I can use the disability
features of Windows to my Linux box.  I also used extensively SSH terminals
to all my *nix systems.  

Now many people will point out that all of these features are available
either through the window manager or X itself, however after attempting to
use these I discovered that they are not implemented very well and I
consider them very buggy.

Perhaps one day I will see a lot of effort put into Linux to support these
features better.  I will change over then.  =P

Long live Linux!

--Scott

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Scott Warfield
Internet Security Systems
X-Force Developer
 
swarfield at iss.net
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On Mon, 15 Nov 2004 01:09:30 -0500, jay <jloden at toughguy.net> wrote:
> Out of curiosity, how many of you on the list have switched friends or 
> family members onto Linux?