-=> PHIL MARLOWE wrote to MAURICE KINAL <=-

 > You obviously have never seen the sun12x22 fonts
 > in a Linux console then. The best there is for
 > the visually impaired methinks.

 PM>  === Sounds interesting but I'm not familiar with
 PM>  Linux. Is it available in all versions of Linux?
 PM>  And why is it "the best there is?" Compared to
 PM>  what? What else have you seen?

Maurice is much more the expert than I however if you'd like
a novices perspective?

I've Knoppix Linux here which can run entirely in RAM 
if you've enough or be installed to the hard drive.

Installed it in an hour then with a few tips from the gurus
setup a user account which is VERY important lest someone use the power 
of this O.S. against you operating as root user while online.

Had K-Mail, multiple browsers, newsgroups and dialer setup in no
time at all.
Knoppix comes with a nice word processor as well as autodetects
most except bleeding edge hardware and winprinters, winmodems.

My hard drive crashed and burned before I could get past the last two
obsticles to setting up an OLR and ztelnet to use fidonet
from Linux offline.

I could telnet into BBS's easily and post or reply online however.

Even without the larger font Maurice mentioned I found Linux 
easier on these tired eyes.

Much cleaner look than Windows ( but similar in many respects),
and loads web pages faster.

 PM>  === What Jasen's code was used for was to set up
 PM>  a simple =easy-to-use= reader. Note the emphasis.
 PM>  These people are not computer savvy. Aside from
 PM>  the obvious limitations and intentions, this is
 PM>  a sort of introduction to computers for them,
 PM>  which is why it has to be relatively painless.
 PM>  Jasen's code was used with a DOS text editor.
 PM>  From what I've heard Linux's is a -steep-
 PM>  learning curve.

Most versions ARE and the complex powerful functions
available are a steep learning curve as well as being
dangerous operating as root as well.

Knoppix gives you an easy to setup familiar GUI operating system
that you can learn as you go while still being productive
with the tools that load up onto the desktop.
 
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