Re: Ubuntu on my desktop

[Thomas Ward <tward1978 earthlink net>]

Hi Michael,

MICHAEL WEAVER wrote:
> What I would like to know is what applications does Orca work with as I 
> will only have access to the Gui based applications unless there are 
> text based ones I can use as well?
>   

Orca works with several GUI based applications as well as a wide range 
of shell based apps via gnome-terminal.
Some of the apps orca will work with include gaim, evolution, firefox 
2.0, openoffice 2.0, gedit, totem, etc...

> What I mean is would I have access to Linux DVD players etc?
>   

Yes. The totem movie player is accessible with orca, and is good at 
playing dvd movies. You will however need to run apt-get to get a few 
extras to enable totem to play dvds.
Another app I like is sound juicer to make ogg files, and to rip audio 
cds. You'll find there are a few cd players, mp3 players, cd rippers, 
movie players, etc that work with orca unofficially.