Re: [orca-list] Hi everyone, new to Orca and Ubuntu

[Thomas Ward <thomasward1978 gmail com>]

Hi Harold,

No. Vinux is fine. Its a modified version of Ubuntu with a lot of the 
accessibility stuff enabled by default. So if you want to learn Linux 
using that its the most accessible option for a blind user although 
Ubuntu is pretty accessible once you configure it properly.

As far as Ubuntu 11.10 vs Ubuntu 12.04 from what I've noticed so far 
Ubuntu 12.04 is by far the better choice. However, I recommend waiting 
about a week for the final release to come out which will be stable and 
you won't constantly have to update as bug fixes and last minute changes 
are applied to 12.04 beta. So if you can hold off a week or so I'd 
recommend going with Ubuntu 12.04 and Orca 3.4.1 latest to begin 
learning Linux.

As for changing desktops that's fairly easy to do. When Ubuntu 12.04 
boots up LightDM will prompt you for your user name and password. If you 
activate Orca, you can tab over to the sessions button and arrow to the 
desktop you want to use. By default there are two items in the list. The 
first item is simply called Ubuntu, this is Unity 3D, and the second is 
Ubuntu 2D, which is Unity 2D. Arrow to Ubuntu 2D, press enter and then 
go back to the password prompt and type your password. Once you login it 
should automatically load Unity 2D by default now.

Later on if you install additional desktops there will be other options 
in your sessions Menu as follows. XUbuntu is the Xfce desktop, KUbuntu 
is the KDE desktop,  Gnome Classic is the Gnome desktop, etc. Gnome 
Classic is very accessible but KDE and Xfce are still works in progress.

Cheers!

On 4/18/2012 5:16 PM, Harold wrote:
> Hi guys
> Thanks for the info.  I am currently running Vinux 3.2 so maybe that 
> is the problem.  I had tried Ubuntu 11.10 but removed it until I got 
> some more info about how to use Orca with it.  Would you recommend 
> using the beta version 12 instead of 11.10?  Are there options for 
> choosing which desktop to use?  U are recommending not to use unity 3 
> right?