The other BLinux systems may be compared to Slackware or Debian, distributions which aim to provide programmers with maximum power and all the tools they need, but also assume the programmer is up to the challenge of learning the interface and doing their own installation and maintenance. Our prototype includes many support programs and modifications to the Linux system scripts to accommodate a non-tech and sightless user. Beyond that, it is specifically intended for a non-geek audience. Our goal is to also bundle support, either directly or through local affiliates, and to leverage the network abilities of Linux to effect low cost maintenance of each endpoint machine. Unlike Eazel and Helix, ours is a console based device and as such, orders of magnitude less complex to maintain in this way.
Visualization is kept to a minimum.
Instead, all functions are streamed like a radio program. Once learned, it is easier to use than a screenreader. It makes more sense for the long haul. Our goal is to level that learning cliff. Our system can surf the internet, type and print letters and other formatted documents, send and receive MIME-encoded email and usenet, IRC and ICQ, play and create RealAudio, MIDI, MP3, play and create CDs, and comes with literally thousands of integrated applications and many thousands more which will work acceptably.