[vicsireland] Re: open source software
- From: Ronan McGuirk <ronan.p.mcguirk@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2014 15:56:34 +0100
Hi Cearbhall,
It was one of the recent NVAccess news podcasts. I think episode 8 but
may have been earlier... but not certain of number.
They can be found at:
http://www.nvaccess.org/news/
Hope this helps.
Ronan
On 09/04/2014, Cearbhall O'Meadhra <omeadhrac@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Ronan,
>
> Do you have a link to that podcast?
>
>
> All the best,
>
> Cearbhall
>
> M: 0833323487 t: (01) 2864623 em: omeadhrac@xxxxxxx
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: vicsireland-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:vicsireland-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ronan McGuirk
> Sent: 09 April 2014 12:47
> To: vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [vicsireland] Re: open source software
>
> Hi all,
> Just to add to Cearbhall,s points...
> There was an interesting article on an NVDA podcast recently, looking
> forward to the release of Open Office 4.1
>
> This will hopefully be a big improvement in the accessibility of Open
> Office and will hopefully both benefit NVDA users on Windows and Orca
> users on LINUX.
>
> With regard to the question about the old PC...
> It is presumably running Windows XP at present. Windows 7 may run
> okay on the machine, but as Cearbhall says, this would depend on the
> spec.
>
> Ubuntu might also run but again, it depends on the spec.
> Ronan
>
> On 08/04/2014, Cearbhall O'Meadhra <omeadhrac@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Gerard,
>>
>> You set quite a challenge with this age of computer. You would need to
>> state
>> exactly what make of computer, what chipset, etc., before anyone could
>> advise how well this computer might perform. Can you get hold of the full
>> spec? If not, then the name and model number on the front of it would
>> help.
>> What system is running on it at the moment?
>>
>> With regard to the programs you ask about i.e.
>> Linox o.s. with n.v.d.a. Free office, free media player, mozilla, outlook
>> express or similar email program, free virus checker and malware
>> programs.
>>
>> Linux is a type of operating system called Unix and is not the same as
>> windows. It probably would run well on this machine because it does not
>> demand much processing power until running very complex programs. It uses
>> the Orca screen reader. All software on the unix platform is open source
>> and
>> free. There are word processing, spread sheet and database programs which
>> come as part of the OS but I have not very extensive experience of them.
>>
>> Open Office runs under windows but is not very accessible.
>>
>> I think you mean to run all these programs on a windows machine so I will
>> ignore the mention of Linux. You would have to use Windows 7 or 8
> nowadays.
>> As I said initially, it is doubtful if your ten year-old PC would be able
>> to
>> run them without running very slowly but you would need to describe the
>> PC
>> and its operation in more detail. NVDA will work perfectly in Windows 7
> and
>> 8. You could use Open Office for limited word processing but not for
> spread
>> sheet work. There are many free virus guards that you could use and MS
> Mail
>> comes standard with Windows 7 and 8.
>>
>> The ability of any PC to run without crashing depends to a large extent
>> on
>> how much memory it has for running programs. This is called RAM for
> "Random
>> Access memory" and you would need at 1 GB of RAM but usually 2GB would be
>> best. Then the size and condition of the hard disk is important as well.
>> Hard disks don't last as much as ten years so you would probably find the
>> it
>> and power supply would start to give trouble and cause crashes.
>>
>> I hope this answer shows you why your proposed configuration is not in
> use!
>>
>>
>>
>> All the best,
>>
>> Cearbhall
>>
>> M: 0833323487 t: (01) 2864623 em: omeadhrac@xxxxxxx
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: vicsireland-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> [mailto:vicsireland-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of GERARD SHANAHAN
>> Sent: 08 April 2014 18:50
>> To: vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [vicsireland] Re: open source software
>>
>> Hi Cerbhail,
>>
>> My knowledge of what I'm going to say to you isn't great but anyway. In
>> relation to an old pc (10years of age) which wouldn't have the capacity
>> to
>> utalise win 8 might it be a project to convert it to:
>>
>> Linox o.s.with n.v.d.a. Free office, free media player, mozilla, outlook
>> express or similar email program, free virus checker and malware
>> programs.
>>
>> Would such a setup be stable in that it would not crash regularly and if
>> so,
>> why hasn't it become popular in recent times?
>>
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