Re: [orca-list] Ubuntu 12.10 and beyond, Unity 2D will no longer be maintained.

[Jason White <jason jasonjgw net>]

Luke Yelavich <luke yelavich canonical com> wrote:
 
> There are some edge cases for specific hardware released in the last 10
> years like a handfull of netbooks, but modern Linux desktop shells are doing
> their best to support 3D graphics hardware that is 8-9 years old. See my
> recent email about desktop shells and their graphical requirements for more
> information.

If you don't actually need a working screen, it might be possible to run a
null X server and get away with it - Orca would still run if the desktop
environment did.

The tricky part would be to make the desktop environment operational without a
working 3D video driver.