Re: [orca-list] Orca and LXDE on archlinux

[Michael Whapples <mwhapples aim com>]

Hello,
OK, I will look at the window manager used in knoppix-adriane. On a 
separate note, for those interested in a lighter weight desktop system 
(mentioned less) I have just tried xfce, it seems to work reasonably 
well, just one slight thing, no shortcut key for the system menu by 
default, easily fixed. It has a few other lacks compared to gnome but we 
are on about a light weight desktop, we need to compromise (again may be 
a different window manager might help).

Those interested in LXDE, would xfce be a reasonable alternative? What 
is it about LXDE you might prefer over xfce?

Richard, regarding your comments on older versions of orca, I possibly 
would say if you are really only going for command line then something 
like speakup or yasr may be better suited, this is why I tend to suggest 
users try and use the latest orca as its strongest point is the gnome 
GUI access.

Michael Whapples
On 11/03/10 00:23, Richard wrote:
> Hi Michael,
>
> I know that Knopix 6 ADRIANE uses LXDE as its desktop manager.  It
> also comes with Orca.  I've heard from people who have tried it that
> Orca doesn't read all of the menus correctly.  So I'm assuming that it
> is doing something similar in Arch Linux.  I would check on ADRIANE to
> see what window manager it uses, and see if you can get Arch Linux to
> use it as well.  To switch topics, do the commands that you have at
> the end of the gnome desktop tutorial still apply to GRML 64 9.10?
> Since you used an older version when you did the install.  O yeah, and
> Orca on RHEL 5.3 is meh, 5.4 64 bit, might not have speech, though the
> soundcard plays music files.
>
> I'll explain, I believe that RHEL 5.3 uses GNOME 2.18 which is why
> Orca seems so old, but it does get the job done for my class.  I'll
> say this much, most of the Oracle command line tools that are included
> work wonderfully with Orca.  The feedback is good, all presented and
> easily navigated using the numpad.  The gui stuff doesn't, but that's
> fine, I like command line better, anyway.  Damn inaccessible OUI;
> (Oracle Universal Installer.)