Re: [orca-list] which linux distro

[Jude DaShiell <jdashiel panix com>]

I downloaded that beta and it wouldn't even boot on hardware that's 
compatible with the beta.  Probably corrupted download but in the 
context of wget that will happen.  When distros get to torrents, life 
gets better.

On Thu, 21 Sep 2017, Christopher Chaltain wrote:

> Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2017 20:05:26
> From: Christopher Chaltain <chaltain gmail com>
> To: Jude DaShiell <jdashiel panix com>, Jeanette C. <julien mail upb de>,
>     Michael Weaver <weavermicha googlemail com>
> Cc: orca-list gnome org
> Subject: Re: [orca-list] which linux distro
>
> Yeah, I recently installed Ubuntu 16.04 on my laptop. The key alt+windows+s, 
> also known as alt+super+s, will start Orca. I'm a long time Vinux user, but I 
> went with Ubuntu 16.04 this time around to make sure I was getting the best 
> hardware support I could. I'll switch back to Vinux once they come out with a 
> version based on Ubuntu 16.04 or the Fedora based version. Note that I just 
> saw Sonar came out with a new beta.
>
>
> On 09/21/2017 06:57 PM, Jude DaShiell wrote:
> > alt-windowskey-s gets the job done for ubuntu.
> > On Thu, 21 Sep 2017, Jeanette C. wrote:
> >
> > > Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2017 17:14:53
> > > From: Jeanette C. <julien mail upb de>
> > > To: Michael Weaver <weavermicha googlemail com>
> > > Cc: orca-list gnome org
> > > Subject: Re: [orca-list] which linux distro
> > >
> > > Hi Michael,
> > > there is Vinux and trisquel, which are both supposed to work with Orca 
> > > directly.
> > >
> > > I recently came across the Ubuntu documentation and it says, that Orca 
> > > could be turned on by pressing Super+s, though I don't know how that maps 
> > > to a laptop.
> > >
> > > ArchLinux works for me. It starts in the console using espeakup and brltty 
> > > - if a braille display is present. After someone explained things to me, 
> > > I've now got Orca working with MATE. I couldn't get it to start with 
> > > gnome-shell, but I also tried KDE and cinnamon, which both worked, as far 
> > > as it goes.
> > >
> > > Hope that helps.
> > >
> > > Best wishes,
> > >
> > > Jeanette
> > >
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> > > GNOME Universal Access guide: 
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