Re: [orca-list] New to the list, and curious.

[Jacob Schmude <j schmude gmail com>]

Hi
Well, the advantage to Gentoo is its configurability. You can  
absolutely install gnome and orca in Gentoo, and Gentoo's gnome  
packages are usually quite stable. You might also want to look into  
Archlinux if you'd like continual package updates, but don't wish to  
compile everything from source as you would in gentoo.
Note though that both gentoo and arch assume quite a bit of Linux/Unix  
knowledge with their installation procedures. You can follow their  
documentation and you'll do fine, just be aware you'll be dealing with  
a lot of lower-level things right off the bat--manually partitioning  
your disks and configuring the boot loader, for example.


On Jan 10, 2009, at 07:34, James Homuth wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> I've officially been subscribed to the list for a grand total of  
> half an
> hour, and still reading back through the archives. While not a  
> desktop linux
> user yet, I'm definitely considering at least partially making the  
> switch
> and sticking it on my laptop. The question I have though, is anyone  
> here
> running a version of Gentoo that uses Orca? If so, how much of a  
> pain was it
> to configure? I was never a huge fan of the Debian/Ubuntu way of doing
> things, that being new versions of programs means new versions of  
> the OS
> (too much like Windows, IMHO), and was for that plus a few other  
> reasons
> looking at throwing in that distro. In addition, which speech option  
> are
> people generally preferring? I've heard plenty of okay to not too  
> horrible
> things about all of them, but I want to be able to get a halfway  
> decent feel
> for what works better for the majority. I've heard people have a  
> problem
> with understanding the Festival voices, and same with Espeak. So,  
> before I
> take the plunge, I'd like to just throw a feeler out there and see  
> who's
> using what with how much success. Hopefully I can contribute more  
> than my
> fair share while I'm learning.
>
> Thank you in advance,
>
> James
>
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