Re: [orca-list] Using Linux for everyday computing tasks and employment

["Peter Torpey" <ptorpey00 gmail com>]

John,

Have you tried Thunderbird in Linux?  I played around with this about 6
months ago and found Thunderbird to be much more accessible than Evolution.

I used Unix for many years as my main development platform, before all the
accessibility enhancements to Linux.  At that time, I used a Windows PC as a
front end to the Unix box by running a terminal emulator from within
Windows.  I'm amazed to see how far Linux has come since then in terms of
accessibility.

Of course there still needs to be a bunch of work done to make Linux
accessibility more robust (such as being able to install and configure by a
blind person out of the box, conflicts of audio and speech drivers and
interfaces, etc.), but its incredible how accessible Linux is these days.


--Pete


-----Original Message-----
From: orca-list-bounces gnome org [mailto:orca-list-bounces gnome org] On
Behalf Of John G. Heim
Sent: Thursday, January 14, 2010 11:02 AM
To: Orca-list gnome org
Subject: Re: [orca-list] Using Linux for everyday computing tasks and
employment

I don't think you really want to characterize linux as an operating system 
that isn't "serious or is only for hobbiests". Not unless you want to start 
a flame war. Obviously, linux is a serious operating system. More serious 
than Windows, in fact since it is a much better server platform than 
Windows. I think its safe to say that most applications that you would 
consider "serious", like mail servers, web servers, ffile servers, are 
better done with linux than Windows. Whereas, uses that you'd consider less 
serious, like gaming, are probably more commonly done in Windows.

My job is supporting linux servers for mail, web, file sharing, and 
databases. So obviously, I use linux for my job. But I use a Windows machine

as my primary workstation. I also support about 100 end users who have linux

as their desktop machines. So linux can be used as a primary workstation if 
you're sighted. I'm not sure if its practical for a blind person to use it. 
It could be. I haven't made that leap yet.

Really, what I think you're asking is if orca is good enough so that a blind

person can use linux every day in their job. I don't know about that. I only

know that I haven't manage it yet. The hold up for me is primarily mail. I 
haven't been able to become efficient enough in evolution to swtich to 
linux/orca full time.

Anyway, the point is that linux isn't just for hobbiests. Quite the 
contrary. For me, linux is anything but a hobby. When I'm ggoofing around, 
I'm using Windows, not the other way around.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "James & Nash" <james austin1984 googlemail com>
To: <orca-list gnome org>
Sent: Thursday, January 14, 2010 8:48 AM
Subject: [orca-list] Using Linux for everyday computing tasks and employment


> Hi list,
>
> I'm just curious, but how many of you use Orca and your favoured Linux 
> distro for everyday use and also for employment purposes?
>
> The reason I am asking is because for me I think that Linux would be more 
> of a hobby than a serious computing platform at least for the moment.
> Thanks
> TC
> James
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