Re: [orca-list] Accessible distros

[Janina Sajka <janina rednote net>]

Agree it's not enough. Especially the low RAM.

Orca screen reader developers writes:
> Hello.
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> And what about my flatmate's Dell Latitude D630?
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> Memory: 2,9 GiB
> processor: Intel® Core™2 Duo CPU T7250 @ 2.00GHz × 2
> Graphic: Quadro NVS 135M/PCIe/SSE2
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> I think, it's not enough.
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> Best regards
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> Vojta.
>
> Dne 03. 12. 18 v 15:05 Janina Sajka via orca-list napsal(a):
> > No, I doubt this is enough for anything more than nongraphical console
> > virtual machines.
> >
> > Even if you can get a Windows vm to run with these resources, it's
> > likely to be far too slow for any practical use.
> >
> > Best,
> >
> > Janina
> >
> > Orca screen reader developers writes:
> > > Hello.
> > >
> > >
> > > Is this enough?
> > >
> > >
> > > Memory: 3,2 GiB
> > > Proccessor: Intel® Pentium(R) Dual CPU E2140 @ 1.60GHz × 2
> > > Graphic: NV4B
> > >
> > > What screenreader do you use in VM Windows and what voice?
> > >
> > >
> > > thanks.
> > >
> > >
> > > Best regards
> > >
> > >
> > > Vojta.
> > >
> > > Dne 02. 12. 18 v 18:44 Nick Wood napsal(a):
> > > > I tend to agree with Kyle and Christopher.
> > > >
> > > > Windows runs very well as a VM these days - just make sure you have a
> > > > decent CPU and enough RAM.
> > > >
> > > > I use Fedora as the host, with a range of Windows virtual machines
> > > > running using VMWare Workstation as I need Windows for work - and it
> > > > works very well.
> > > >
> > > > I love the fact that while Windows is busy doing Windows updates or
> > > > whatever it might be doing I can just switch back to Linux and carry on
> > > > being productive with other tasks.
> > > >
> > > > Linux is far from perfect - and I hate how Fedora can just drop a new
> > > > kernel version into the regular software updates which can completely
> > > > break VMWare - but overall I am very happy with my setup.
> > > >
> > > > Regards,
> > > >
> > > > Nick
> > > >
> > > > On 02/12/2018 16:49, Christopher Chaltain via orca-list wrote:
> > > > > When we ran Linux and Windows at work, this was about 15 years ago,
> > > > > we ran Windows at the host operating system and Linux in the virtual
> > > > > machine. We found that Windows liked to assume it had exclusive use
> > > > > of the hardware so it was more problematic getting it to run in a
> > > > > virtual machine. Linux, on the other hand, seemed to run much better
> > > > > and with fewer problems in the virtual machine.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Since then, for home use, I've run Linux on the bare metal and
> > > > > Windows in a virtual machine, and I found this to be satisfactory.
> > > > > Of course, I had to have the hardware resources to support this.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Bottom line is that I'd listen to Kyle.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > On 12/2/18 8:42 AM, Kyle via orca-list wrote:
> > > > > > If you must run a VM, I would always recommend running Linux as
> > > > > > the host and running your work VM on top of Linux. The Linux
> > > > > > host is far more stable, and it's much easier to roll back a VM
> > > > > > that goes wonky than it is to have to reinstall your host OS and
> > > > > > potentially lose the VM in the process.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Regarding which distro to use, I think it's mostly personal
> > > > > > preference, as GNOME and MATE desktops are both quite accessible
> > > > > > using Orca. That said, I think Fedora Live Workstation is
> > > > > > probably your best bet, as you can just press alt_super_s to
> > > > > > start Orca as soon as the OS boots up. I no longer have an
> > > > > > x86_64 machine to test this, but the last time I did, the
> > > > > > installer worked pretty well.
> > > > > > ~Kyle
> > > > > > _______________________________________________
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> > > > > > Orca wiki: https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/Orca
> > > > > > Orca documentation: https://help.gnome.org/users/orca/stable/
> > > > > > GNOME Universal Access guide:
> > > > > > https://help.gnome.org/users/gnome-help/stable/a11y.html
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> > > > GNOME Universal Access guide:
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-- 

Janina Sajka

Linux Foundation Fellow
Executive Chair, Accessibility Workgroup:       http://a11y.org

The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
Chair, Accessible Platform Architectures        http://www.w3.org/wai/apa