Re: [orca-list] orca and lxde or xfce
- From: Krishnakant Mane <krmane gmail com>
- To: simon eigeldinger vol at
- Cc: Orca-List <orca-list gnome org>
- Subject: Re: [orca-list] orca and lxde or xfce
- Date: Fri, 11 May 2012 10:40:00 +0530
I am interested to know if Adrian also has all other utilities accessible?
Can I run firefox, Libre Office etc on it?
Happy hacking.
Krishnakant.
On 05/11/2012 10:35 AM, simon eigeldinger vol at wrote:
hi robert,
i know adriane now for a while and yeah it runs lxde and quite stable.
i might ask the dev what he has done to make orca work in lxde.
hope i can post something here.
i guess lxde could not be just a alternative to low end systems. it is
also very fast on recent box which is quite nice.
greetings,
simon
On Thu, 10 May 2012 16:33:22 -0700
Robert Cole <rkcole72984 gmail com> wrote:
Hello, Hank.
I am going to forward your e-mail and my response to the Orca List in
case anyone else is curious about this. I hope that this is okay.
The main page for Knoppix can be found at http://knoppix.net/.
The Knoppix Download page is here: http://knoppix.net/get.php. You
are given three options:
1. Download Knoppix via Bittorrent: http://torrent.unix-ag.uni-kl.de/
2. Download Knoppix via a list of FTP Mirrors:
http://knopper.net/knoppix-mirrors/index-en.html
3. Buy a copy. I will not list the links for this option as I do not
believe that you can purchase CDs, DVDs, and USB keys containing
ADRIANE Knoppix, but rather just a regular Knoppix installation.
On either of the download pages (whether you use the Bittorrent link
or the FTP mirrors), you want to be sure to get the latest version of
ADRIANE Knoppix, not just plain Knoppix. Keep in mind that, right
now, the latest version of Knoppix is at 6.7.1, and it uses an older
version of Orca (unless I am mistaken). From my reading, however,
Knoppix 7.0 should be out eventually.
Here is a little bit about aDRIANE Knoppix for your reading:
Adriane Knoppix is a variation that is intended for blind
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blindness> and visually impaired
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_impairment> people, which can be
used entirely without vision oriented output devices. It was released
in the third quarter of 2007 as a Live CD. /Adriane Knoppix/ is named
after Adriane Knopper, the wife of Klaus Knopper, the developer of
Knoppix. Adriane has a visual impairment, and has been assisting
Klaus with the development of the software.^[12]
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knoppix#cite_note-11> The name Adriane
is also a backronym <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backronym> for
"Audio Desktop Reference Implementation And Networking Environment".
I hope that this is helpful.
Take care.
On 05/10/2012 04:13 PM, Hank Smith wrote:
where can I get this knopix cd from?
Hank
On 5/10/2012 4:04 PM, Robert Cole wrote:
Hello, Simon.
I do not have really a good answer for you on this one other than
the fact that I have used a Live USB version of ADRIANE Knoppix
which uses LXDE as its GUI desktop environment, and it has Orca
installed by default for blind users. At least under the Knoppix
environment many things seem to work pretty well.
As far as getting this up and running on, say for example, Lubuntu
(the LXDE version of Ubuntu) I really have no clue how to do it or
how it would work. I was actually able to get magnification working
on an Lubuntu installation which I did for my mother-in-law last
week using the Compiz eZoom plugin and replacing OpenBox with
Compiz for window management, and it was fairly easy. I think that
LXDE would be a great alternative for lower-end systems, especially
if it could be completely accessible with Orca.
the system on which I installed Lubuntu was probably over ten years
old. It originally ran windows XP, but them someone installed an
illegal copy of Windows 7 onto it. My mother-in-law was tired of
the spyware and the crippling effect of not running a legitimate
version of Windows 7, so I installed Lubuntu onto the system and it
worked wonderfully!
From my understanding, LXDE is *supposed* to be GTK-based...now
mind you that this is from my understanding, which quite often can
be incorrect. But as I mentioned earlier, it would be a wonderful
option for blind users who have older computer systems.
I am sorry that I cannot be of more help. All that I can really
advise is to give ADRIANE Knoppix a try in a live environment or in
a virtual machine. It starts off talking and has text-based menus
on screen by default; you have to go through and select a menu
option for running a GUI environment.
Once again, I am sorry that I cannot be of more help to you.
On 05/10/2012 12:48 AM, simon eigeldinger vol at wrote:
hi all,
anyone know how good orca runs on lxde or xfce?
How do install orca to use those desktop environments?
greetings,
simon
--
Simon Eigeldinger
simon eigeldinger vol at
_______________________________________________
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
Log bugs and feature requests at http://bugzilla.gnome.org
Find out how to help at http://live.gnome.org/Orca/HowCanIHelp
_______________________________________________
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
Log bugs and feature requests at http://bugzilla.gnome.org
Find out how to help at http://live.gnome.org/Orca/HowCanIHelp
--
Simon Eigeldinger
simon eigeldinger vol at
_______________________________________________
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
Log bugs and feature requests at http://bugzilla.gnome.org
Find out how to help at http://live.gnome.org/Orca/HowCanIHelp
[
Date Prev][
Date Next] [
Thread Prev][
Thread Next]
[
Thread Index]
[
Date Index]
[
Author Index]