[orca-list] gnome-classic

[Todor Fassl <fassl tod gmail com>]

Can someone explain this quote from the debian wiki on accessibility?

In Debian Jessie with GNOME version >= 3.8, there is a mode called GNOME 
classic. This one uses the GNOME shell directly to achieve GNOME 2 alike 
user experience. When using startx, you can set up your .xinitrc as 
follows to use this mode:



It then goes on to give some code. What does it mean when using startx? 
Does that mean you have to make your computer boot in character mode and 
run X  from the command line?