[orca-list] announcing another accessible distro, ubuntu-mate

[kendell clark <coffeekingms gmail com>]

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hi all
I'm pleased to announce another distribution available to blind
people, ubuntu-mate. I'm not a dev for it, so I'll try to be short.
It's basically ubuntu 14.10 with mate, and lightdm. It's just like
using vinux. You hear thr drumbs, you press windows+alt+s to turn on
the screen reader. I myself had to launch orca manually, but it worked
out of the box. THe desktop icons read, the menus, all apps, etc. I'd
still recommend upgrading to a later version of orca for teh firefox
fixes and the remapping of nautilus to marco so that the alt tab
switcher reads, but other than that it's accessible. Mate itself still
has some minor issues to be worked out, such as qt apps sometimes
freezing the mate panel, and qt applets being completely silent with
orca. If the panel ever freezes, open the run dialog with alt+f2 and
type mate-panel --replace. That'll fix it. The installer is
accessible, and it installs and boots fine. It does one thing I've
been struggling to get sonar to do, work with uefi. I may have to get
on the ubuntu mate devs for that. I'm rambling, so will sign off. Just
thought I'd throw this out there as another accessible option. So far
we have, *vinux
*ubuntu, all derivitives as long as they haven't ripped out orca
*debian net install, although I haven't tested this one in a while
*trisquel
*arch
*sonar
*f123 (have never used it, but it's an option).
That's it off the top of my head, although any distro can be made
accessible with the right packages, but those are the most accessible
out of the box that I know of
If I'm missing one, please let me know
Thanks
Kendell clark
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