Re: [orca-list] what distro for orca?

[Dave Hunt <ka1cey gmail com>]

Oh, that reminds me...

Tomorrow, at MIT, there's a Linux install fest.  Such events would be a 
good place for the kind of help suggested in the message below.



-Dave





On 06/01/2012 05:52 PM, Robert Cole wrote:
> Sorry, Alex. It looks like your message just came to me. I'll forward it
> (below) to the Orca List.
>
> I hope all is well.
>
> On 06/01/2012 02:45 PM, Alex Midence wrote:
> > Hi.
> >
> > If you can get someone to set it up for you, I'm rather partial to
> > Debian Squeeze. Installing squeeze accessibly right now is a bit of a
> > pain though. You have to use the Wheezy netinstall iso or the
> > business card one and change debconf priorities to like 4 or something
> > so that it gives you the choice of installing squeeze which is the
> > stable version. Barring a friendly neighborhood geek available to do
> > the honors for you, I also put my vote on Ubuntu. It's simply
> > maaah-vluss these days with an accessible installer and its own
> > desktop which is accessible as well. And, it's very user-friendly.
> >
> > Alex M
> >
> > On 6/1/12, Robert Cole<rkcole72984 gmail com> wrote:
> > > Wubi is actually the Windows Ubuntu Installer. It allows you to install
> > > Ubuntu along side Windows, and Ubuntu is basically stored in a Windows
> > > swap file. I am not too sure how accessible Wubi is to screen readers
> > > such as JAWS or NVDA because it has been a very long time since I used
> > > Windows. I actually use Linux exclusively here at home.
> > >
> > > When I referred to the installer being accessible, I was meaning the
> > > installer which you access through the Ubuntu live medium which is used
> > > to install Ubuntu onto the hard drive either alongside windows or by
> > > replacing Windows with Ubuntu. If you want to test out Ubuntu without
> > > going through this channel (i.e. the installer found on the live CD or
> > > USB flash drive), Wubi still exists and does work well from what I have
> > > heard.
> > >
> > > I hope that this has been of some help to you.
> > >
> > > On 06/01/2012 01:33 PM, Andrea Roveretto wrote:
> > > > Thanks for the suggestions, I would try ubuntu then, and what is the
> > > > installation procedure that is accessible? I remember a program under
> > > > windows that did the installation in past times, is that still working?
> > > >
> > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Cole"<rkcole72984 gmail com>
> > > > To:<orca-list gnome org>
> > > > Sent: Friday, June 01, 2012 10:27 PM
> > > > Subject: Re: [orca-list] what distro for orca?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > I have heard a lot fo great thigns about Trisquel, and I will have to
> > > > > take a look at it someday soon.
> > > > >
> > > > > I am using Ubuntu 12.04 personally, and it works very well both as a
> > > > > desktop system and in the area of accessibility also. Both Trisquel
> > > > > and Ubuntu have completely accessible installers, so the installation
> > > > > process should not require sighted assistance at all.
> > > > >
> > > > > Others here on the list use Vinux (an Ubuntu-based distribution which
> > > > > has many accessibility features up and running out of the box which
> > > > > would require some configuring in other distributions), so you may
> > > > > see some recommendation for it as well. I have heard a lot of great
> > > > > things about it as well.. The best thing to do is to try to get some
> > > > > live CDs or USB flash drives of these systems, try them out, and see
> > > > > which one you prefer. We will be here to help along the way.
> > > > >
> > > > > Take care.
> > > > >
> > > > > On 06/01/2012 01:15 PM, Dave Hunt wrote:
> > > > > > I'm partial to Trisquel I18N Edition. http://trisquel.info
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On 06/01/2012 04:10 PM, Andrea Roveretto wrote:
> > > > > > > Hello to all!
> > > > > > > what would be the best choice for a pretty inexpert linux user to
> > > > > > > start
> > > > > > > with orca now?
> > > > > > > Is ubuntu still the best choice?
> > > > > > > thanks
> > > > > > > Andrea
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
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> > > > The FAQ is at http://live.gnome.org/Orca/FrequentlyAskedQuestions
> > > > Log bugs and feature requests at http://bugzilla.gnome.org
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> > > 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
> > > Log bugs and feature requests at http://bugzilla.gnome.org
> > > Find out how to help at http://live.gnome.org/Orca/HowCanIHelp
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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
> Log bugs and feature requests at http://bugzilla.gnome.org
> Find out how to help at http://live.gnome.org/Orca/HowCanIHelp