Re: [orca-list] Sonar 12.10 is out

[Kyle <kyle4jesus gmail com>]

I'm not sure what is going on with Ubuntu 12.10 and its derivatives that 
would cause such crashing issues, but at this point, it does appear to 
be specific to Ubuntu. Gnome is working extremely well in Arch so far, 
and this includes 3.6, with the exception of the dash, and 3.6.2. Having 
said this, Arch isn't for everyone, because it takes a knowledge of the 
command line to get through the initial installation process. On the 
other hand, its package management system and user repository just can't 
be beat for simplicity and ease of use, and it even supports packagekit, 
which is accessible to Orca, and looks somewhat similar to Synaptic, and 
to a lesser degree, the Ubuntu Software Center. The rolling release 
schedule of Arch is even a bit ahead of Debian Unstable in some ways, so 
it would indeed make a great distro for a bleeding edge out-of-the-box 
accessible GNU/Linux experience, with the exception of the installer, 
which has no graphical components, and even no curses style interface at 
this time, which will still be an issue for newcomers to Linux-based 
operating systems, until or unless an accessible graphical installer can 
be written. That would, however, require more specialized work, i.e. 
writing a graphical installation system completely from scratch, than 
something like Sonar or Vinux being based on Ubuntu with the Ubiquity 
installer already included and working very well with Orca from the live 
media. Having said all this, although I don't feel confident about 
writing an entire graphical installer from scratch, I certainly wouldn't 
mind making a virtual machine available somewhere that includes an 
already installed Arch with GNOME for testing the latest accessibility 
features and such, assuming of course that there's enough interest for 
something like this. I also don't mind spinning a live Arch derivative 
with GNOME installed and a great new installation method, but this would 
require both an interest in such a spin and lots and lots of community 
participation to get it off the ground and flying.
~Kyle
http://kyle.tk