What distributions (distros) of Linux are accessible?
You can use a screen reader on another computer to log into any distro remotely, and then use it accessibly in a console mode session. Some mainstream distros can be made to come up talking, without sighted assistance. There are blind programmers who love Debian, Arch, Knoppix, and Gentoo, for example. Ubuntu Lucid currently holds a small lead over other main-stream distros in terms of default accessibility on the Gnome desktop, though more experience hackers often prefer other distros. Specialized distros for the blind are also available. For beginning computer users, you probably can’t beat Knoppix Adrian, which boots into a talking menu. It can be downloaded from mirrors like the one at http://www.kernel.org/pub/dist/knoppix/ There are other distros for the blind, but Vinux may have the most users at present, available at http://vinux.uk.org Being based on Ubuntu Lucid helps the Vinux community feed improvements they make into a mainstream distro quickly. Linux has just about every
