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

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

Paldo'[s live installer seems to be accessible, and the resulting system 
is, as well.  Last time I checked, Paldo's package collection is small, 
the idea being that the devs have chosen what they believe to be the 
bhest fit for each given task.  The package build system is 
well-documented; you can make your own local repos that have your 
favorites, built from sources.  If Paldo has upgraded GNOME to 3.14, you 
have the latest orca; otherwise, you can build from stable or master 
sources, package it or not, your option.

I tried a Debian Jessie Beta install, and had no accessibility issues 
that tere not the result of pilot error.  It has the familiar Debian 
text-mode, non-live-system installer, with speakup talking once you 
press 's', then 'enter' on the boot prompt.  If, while installing, the 
accessibility is turned on, and you install the 
gnome-desktop-environment package group, the resulting new system will 
have a talking gdm login greeter.  I'm not sure what happens when you 
choose mate or xfce instead of GNOME.

Last summer, I played with Sabayon (a live system, based on Gentoo). 
The live image had a working GNOME and Orca, and accessibility could be 
easily turned on for the live and newly-installed sessions.



Cheers,



Dave



On 10/09/2014 06:25 PM, kendell clark wrote:
> 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).