Re: [orca-list] Latest Version of Orca

[Thomas Ward <thomasward1978 gmail com>]

Hi,

I guess the first question we need to ask is what distribution are you
using? In some cases the simplest approach to your problem is just to
install an older release of your Linux distribution.

For example, I am primarily a Ubuntu user. If I want to avoid Unity,
the Gnome 3 packages in 11.10 beta, all I have to do is install
something like Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, and I'll roll back to the Gnome 2.x
branch of everything, and its a fairly stable platform for day to day
use. Plus for those who need it 10.04 is a long term support version
so it will be supported until 12.04 LTS is released next April. That's
whatI'd do if I were you.

However, as I don't know what distribution you are running it is
difficult for me to advise. Still the principle holds if you are
running Debian, Fedora, Ubuntu, whatever the best thing to do is
figure out what version has the packages you want/need and use it
until Gnome 3.x is more stable or until more accessible versions of
KDE or XFCE is released.

On 10/14/11, RiverWind <riverwind shellworld net> wrote:
> Hey There,
>
> So for the sake of experimentation, I would like to switch my gnome
> version back to "gnome.2.32" and my version of Orca to "xdesktop."
> Would I need to download specific disks, or will I be able to
> accomplish the switch online, via say, something like the "apt-
> get?" If I am not mistaken, I believe that some compilation and
> some rather radical house cleaning would be necessary. I am willing
> to do this, but there might be a bit of a learning curve, because
> I paid to have this system put together. Making the needed changes
> by my lonesome is going to be a bit of a challenge, but my current
> system is all but unusable.
>
> I sincerely appreciate your input here, and I am sorry to further
> presume upon your time and didactic energies.
>
> cheerio,
> Riv
>
> Feel free to visit my website and my blog and learn more about me
> and what I stand for.
> My Website @ http://riverwind.shellworld.net
> My Blog http://windraven13.livejournal.com/
>
> On Thu, 13 Oct 2011, Janina Sajka wrote:
>
> > OK, maybe it wasn't stated as clearly as it might have been.
> >
> > Stay away from gnome-shell 3 and everything that goes with it. It's not
> > the Linux distro that matters, it's the gnome-shell, and the new
> > environment we're still debugging. This will not change in days, and
> > probably not even in weeks. Expect this will be true for months and
> > months.
> >
> > So, stick with gnome-2.32. And, stick with the xdesktop versions of
> > Orca.
> >
> > Janina
> >
> > RiverWind writes:
> > > Hey There,
> > >
> > > Well, after having exhausted all of the corrective or at least
> > > ameliorative options known to myself, my problem with Orca's
> > > incessant crashing remains unabated. I therefore have arrived at
> > > the conclusion that a change is most highly warranted. Either I
> > > dispense with Orca as a screen reader, or I find a new distro of
> > > Linux to run on my system. However, rather than reinventing the
> > > wheel as it were, I believe that I would much rather try a
> > > different version of Orca before resorting to more drastic and
> > > perhaps unnecessary alternatives.
> > >
> > > So with this sentiment in mind, might I enquire as to what is the
> > > most recent and hopefully less bug-ridden version of Orca? To
> > > further elucidate the nature of my problem, and hopefully render a
> > > more efficacious response, I should point out that I am currently
> > > running the version of Squeeze Disk that came out of beta back in
> > > the first quarter of this year. Said version of course, came with
> > > its own requisite version of Orca. Now then, I am hoping most
> > > fervently that there exists a more recent version of this speech
> > > package. Such being the case, I can acquire it and hopefully solve
> > > this matter once and for all.
> > >
> > > As always, any and all input will be most sincerely appreciated,
> > > and so I thank you dear respondent in advance. Moreover, should
> > > your response turn out to be effectual, I will not only thank you,
> > > but bless you most ardently indeed.
> > >
> > > cheerio,
> > > Riv
> > >
> > > Feel free to visit my website and my blog and learn more about me
> > > and what I stand for.
> > > My Website @ http://riverwind.shellworld.net
> > > My Blog http://windraven13.livejournal.com/
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > orca-list mailing list
> > > orca-list gnome org
> > > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/orca-list
> > > Visit http://live.gnome.org/Orca for more information on Orca.
> > > The manual is at
> > > http://library.gnome.org/users/gnome-access-guide/nightly/ats-2.html
> > > The FAQ is at http://live.gnome.org/Orca/FrequentlyAskedQuestions
> > > Netiquette Guidelines are at
> > > http://live.gnome.org/Orca/FrequentlyAskedQuestions/NetiquetteGuidelines
> > > Log bugs and feature requests at http://bugzilla.gnome.org
> > > Find out how to help at http://live.gnome.org/Orca/HowCanIHelp
> >
> > --
> >
> > Janina Sajka,        Phone:  +1.443.300.2200
> >              sip:janina asterisk rednote net
> >
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> > Linux Foundation             http://a11y.org
> >
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> Visit http://live.gnome.org/Orca for more information on Orca.
> The manual is at
> http://library.gnome.org/users/gnome-access-guide/nightly/ats-2.html
> The FAQ is at http://live.gnome.org/Orca/FrequentlyAskedQuestions
> Netiquette Guidelines are at
> http://live.gnome.org/Orca/FrequentlyAskedQuestions/NetiquetteGuidelines
> Log bugs and feature requests at http://bugzilla.gnome.org
> Find out how to help at http://live.gnome.org/Orca/HowCanIHelp