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Alright, there you go, my favourit distros 1: ArchLinux. + latest gnome and Orca. 2: Sonar Linux, based on Manjaro linux. 3: Fedora. On 12/22/2014 2:05 AM, B. Henry wrote:
Note that he mentioned adding two repos. I like the now more widely adopted method of adding files to /etc/apt/sources.list.d instead of just adding urls and maybe a comment to the main sources.list file. BTW, one I recommend to Ubuntu users, has a nifty little program to retrieve missing keys for newly added or updated repos. It also has newer versions of quite a few programs that many of you use that are not in default Ubuntu PPAs. I've not used it on trusty, but it has helped me a lot on precise and Vinux4. To add the ppa and install the key-updater run the following commands in a console or gnome terminal. sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nilarimogard/webupd8 sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install launchpad-getkeys I think launchpad-getkeys may run on its own on first installation, but I didn't wait to see and ran sudo launchpad-getkeys Which you can do at any time, but should only be necesary if you see a missing key error when running sudo apt-get update. Actually, I'm almost sure the program runs on its own when installed. For example, youtube-dl had a two year old version in precise repos when I added the above mentioned repository. Youtube-dl updates a couple or three times a month on average, and youtube does change enough to break many helper programs that access it fairly frequently. Audacious, pidgin, and I do not remember what all that is popular is in the repo. -- B.H. On Mon, Dec 22, 2014 at 12:53:37AM +0530, Krishnakant Mane wrote:Wow I was not aware that we can even have Gnome 3.12 or 3.14 in Ubuntu 14.04? Can you tell me how you did it? Happy hacking. Krishnakant.On 12/21/2014 10:07 AM, Alex Midence wrote:Forgot to mention what I use in my prior response: I use Ubuntu 14.04 but with the gnome3 and Vinx PPA's enabled for the latest gnome and accessibilty experience. I don't use Unity. I use Gnome Shell 3.12 with Orca 3.14. It works quite nicely. Once you get used to it, you will find other desktops not as efficient or easy to use at times. For instance, I tried the Gnome-classic interface the oter day just to see if I still remembered how to use it and I absolutely hated it. Using an applications menu to find what you want and then having your system cluttered up with a desktop window is so last decade. In shell, you hit the super key, type the name of what you want to launch and boom!, it finds it for you and you just hit enter and there you go. Grab the gnome-tweaks package, enable the places menu in the top bar, get a prefered sound theme and you're all set. Alex M On 12/19/2014 06:48 PM, norman wrote:Hello. I'm wondering, What linux distros do people like and why? I'd like to use the unity version of ubuntu 14.04 or 14.10 but apparently nobody knows when or even if we can expect a fix for the dash bug. I've used vinux 4.0 and like it for the most part but it is a little dated for me. I'd like to use vinux 5 but don't want a pre release version of any distro on that box. This brings me to the question of what else is out there? preferably something based on the ubuntu / debian archetecture. I'd like something that can run the latest versions of orca and firefox because i've found that the browsing experience is a little lacking on vinux. Thoughts? _______________________________________________ orca-list mailing list orca-list gnome org https://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 https://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 https://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 |