[orca-list] GNU/Linux Accessibility Summary--was Re: LXDE/Openbox menu accessibility

["D. A. H." <dhunt freedommail co>]

Paldo
http://paldo.org

is another GNOME OOTB-Accessible GNU/Linux you should check out.  Its 
package selection may not be as big as that of others, but it seems 
well-maintained, and the lead developer seems responsive to feedback 
from users.  The live medium and basic installer can be used without 
sighted help; I'd suggest partitioning your target drive before starting 
the installer, if you plan to do something other than the entire system 
in one partition or a separate /home and root filesystem.  I had trouble 
accessing the 'advanced partition setup' routine within the installer.

Have you checked out Sonar GNU/Linux lately?
http://sonargnulinux.com

It is an accessible GNOME distro, spun off the Manjaro GNOME edition. 
Manjaro is based on Arch, so you have all those resources.

Last time I checked, the GNOME edition of Open Suse was installable and 
usable without sighted assistance.  The individual modules for its setup 
tool (YaST) are accessible, but not when they are launched from the YaST 
control panel.

I understand that the GUI installer for Fedora can be used without help, 
but I had a lot of trouble; it seems, orca doesn't always get notified 
about changes as you make them.  Once running, a Fedora installation 
should be as accessible as anything else running GNOME.



HTH,



Dave



On 06/25/2014 06:51 PM, Mike Ray wrote:
> Great stuff.  I'm collecting all this info.  I'd like to create some
> kind of resource, a web page I guess just devoted to getting an
> accessible Linux up and running totally without any sighted assistance.