Re: [orca-list] Two questions from a potential switcher

[Steve Holmes <steve holmes88 gmail com>]

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Yes, Orca is a part of gnome and runs exclusively under gnome.  Both
Utuntu and Fedora feature gnome as the default desktop and window
manager.  Thus you shouldn't have to update gnome or any of that.  Now
some of the latest accessibility enhancements to Orca are in the very
latest development versions of the programs and would need to be
updated if you want to test/evaluate those latest changes.  Go to
http://live.gnome.org/Orca for more details about later updates and
proper installation.  For whatever it's worth, it seems like the wiki
seems to emphosize Ubuntu the most but Orca can also be run on Gentoo
and Debian as well.  Slackware is another linux distro but it does not
feature gnome as its default desktop so that distribution would
require more work to get gnome up and talking.

On Thu, Nov 06, 2008 at 09:44:26PM -0000, James&Nash wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> Please forgive my ignorance, but I am still quite confused about all this Linux stuff
> . So my questions;
>
> 1. From waht I've read, Orca only seems to work on Gnome is this correct? If so then I should only be 
> looking at distributions which contain the Gnome desktop. So could anyone please point me in the direction. 
> I have already downloaded and burned to disc the Ubuntu 8.10 and Fedora 9 Speakup Modified versions. Are 
> there anymore?
>
> I have been looking at the Gnome Project. I was wondering if Gnome needed to be updated separated from the 
> Linux version or whether it came as part of the installation and as such was updated with the OS? I have as 
> I have said previously also used Mac OS X and from what i understand it is similar to Linux being Unix 
> based?
>
> Thank you
>
> James 
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