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Re: Firmware - what are we going to do about it?



Sorry, that was rather strongly worded. Although, I think if we just keep accessibility in mind, from the desktop environment to the boot process, Debian is already far beyond other distros. Arch comes close, but one has to know when the boot process begins in order to press Down arrow then Enter to begin the accessible installer, and then one has to install stuff like alsa-utils and espeakup to have an accessible console and such, as of like six months ago.

But back on topic, would the nonfree DVD ISO's have more firmware on them than the CD version? Or is that just for offline installs?


On Wed, Apr 20, 2022 at 11:39 AM Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org> wrote:
On Wed, Apr 20, 2022 at 09:51:01AM -0500, Devin Prater wrote:
> Anyways, if we want to gatekeep Debian, then fine.

The person you're replying to is not a member of the Debian Project and does
not speak for us.

We are not all accessibility experts, but Debian as a community has always
supported the efforts of those who are, to make Debian as usable as possible
with accessibility technologies.

Please don't assume the hostility of the previous messages is in any way
representative of Debian.  (And, that being the case, I would suggest it's
unnecessary to engage with.)

> On Wed, Apr 20, 2022 at 8:08 AM Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside <
> debian@polynamaude.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > On 2022-04-20 08:39, Samuel Thibault wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside, le mer. 20 avril 2022 08:32:13 -0400, a
> > ecrit:
> > >> Answer bellow this awful piece of text from someone who doesn't know how
> > >> to make a space between line.
> > >
> > > For information, reading mails with a speech synthesis doesn't
> > > necessarily render spaces between lines.
> > >
> > > So yes, people using them don't actually "see" the need for such
> > > spacing.
> > >
> > When you talk or read a text out loud, you make pauses ?
> > Why wouldn't they apply then you write a text ?
> > Are we again in the world of "Everyone must adapt because I'm different" ?
> >
> > We ain't gonna go back to this WOKE thinking and "positive
> > discrimination bullshit", please no !
> > > Samuel
> > >
> >
> > --
> > Polyna-Maude R.-Summerside
> > -Be smart, Be wise, Support opensource development
> >
> >

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