[orca-list] FWD: Re: Which desktop environment to use on Rasperry pi 2

[Lars Bjørndal <lars lamasti net>]

Oh sorry. This message was ment for the list. Hope that's ok, Kyle.

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Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2016 09:49:14 +0100
From: Lars Bjørndal <lars lamasti net>
To: Kyle <kyle4jesus gmail com>
Subject: Re: [orca-list] Which desktop environment to use on Rasperry pi 2

Thank you, Kyle and Krishnakant! I'll try Mate.

Do you know if it's possible to copy&paste with BRLTTY from a text
console to the GUI, e.g. to Firefox? That would be convenient, since I
most of the time, use programs in a screen session on a ssh server. And
so it would be easy to find information in an email an paste it in a
web form within Firefox.

I think I'd like to use startx to start the desktop. Is it
possible to shut it down with a key combination?

Thanks and regards,

Lars

On to., feb. 25, 2016 at 10:45:17 -0500, Kyle wrote:
> I have gotten MATE working without much trouble on the Raspberry Pi 2. It
> works well with speech-dispatcher even without Pulseaudio installed, and it
> appears to mix sound well, if you need speech on the desktop at all. In
> other words, even if you turn on Orca's speech, you shouldn't have a problem
> using Speakup, as audio mixing appeared to be done in hardware, so you
> shouldn't need to worry about any conflict taking place between sounds. This
> is of course my experience, and although it seemed fairly conclusive, your
> mileage still may vary. In any case, you shouldn't have a problem if you
> intend to use only braille on the desktop.
>
> Sent from my piggy bank. Two cents was all I could get out.

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