Re: [orca-list] Accessible distros

[Jude DaShiell <jdashiel panix com>]

Slint certainly could put up a good argument against anything ubuntu has
to offer. I've had occassion to have installed both at different times
and found the slint installation far easier than any of the graphical
user environment only distros.  If you got a good burn of the slint
distro, all you need do is boot the disk then listen and follow
instructions, no need for any knowledge of keystroke combinations to get
speech going.  For those that don't want speech on slint, that is your
first decision to make.  No need to mess around with focus or any of the
flat review stuff needed for graphical user environments either.

On Sat, 1 Dec 2018, James via orca-list wrote:

> Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2018 11:56:07
> From: James via orca-list <orca-list gnome org>
> Reply-To: James <james londonsw15 gmail com>
> To: orca-list gnome org
> Subject: [orca-list] Accessible distros
>
> Hello
>
> I am currently running Ubuntu Mate 18.04 LTS in a VM as i still need Windows
> for work. I am unfortunately unable to find the time to dedicate to? playing
> with it at the moment. obviously I am not getting the experience I am assuming
> I would if I ran Linux on my machine natively. However, after reading threads
> about Fedora on the list recently, I would like to know if i am still correct
> in thinking? that Ubuntu with GNOME is still the most mainstream accessible
> distro for new/casual? users?
>
> Also for those of you who use Windows? at work, do you run Windows in a VM at
> home?
>
> From what I have read it appears that? Fedora ships with more updated packages
> than does Ubuntu, but could I not simply just update to the latest packages on
> Ubuntu as required?
>
> I am also trying to learn programming, specifically Python. I hope that if I
> become competent enough I may be able to contribute something back to the
> community.
>
>
> Thanks for any advice.
> Best wishes
> James
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