Re: [orca-list] Introduction: New User and Query regarding Getting started with linux

[Didier Spaier <didier slint fr>]

Hi Akash,

I suggest trying Slint that I maintain, cf. this post:
https://mail.gnome.org/archives/orca-list/2017-December/msg00148.html
And more recently this one:
https://mail.gnome.org/archives/orca-list/2018-February/msg00017.html

The installer in the ISO has speech and braille enabled by default.
All packages are installed at once, including all tools needed to
program and compile.

I bet you will find installation easy, the only thing that could be
a little tricky for a beginner is partitioning the disk using the
cfdisk utility, but you can use some tool to do that before
installing, like using Gparted live.

You will need only a main partition with a "Linux" partition type
(install an ext4 file system in it if you use gparted, else the
installer can do it), and if you need it a Linux swap partition.
The the installer will find these partitions and propose to set
them.

If your machine is set to boot in EFI mode you will need also
a small partition (100M) of type EFY System.

Provided that you installed with speech, after reboot you will have
speech to log in.

During installation you choose to work in a graphical or text environment
and this easily changed later, as described in:
http://slackware.uk/slint/x86_64/slint-14.2.1/doc/ACCESSIBILITY

speech and braille are available in graphical environments.
Several are shipped in Slint, I suggest to use MATE, which is
probably the more accessible.

Hope this helps.

Didier

PS be honest we don't have as many packages as Debian and derivatives.

But some can be added from trusted repositories like Chromium, other
packaged locally using build scripts easy to get.

Le 06/02/2018 à 09:51, Edhoari Setiyoso a écrit :
> Hi Akash,
>
> I do recommend Debian Mate with following reasons
>
>   * Guided installation with speech synthesis
>   * Many precompiled packages will save time
>   * It's quite easy to find Debian packages for software that are not available in official repo. Example: 
> Google Chrome, Dropbox.
>
> Debian is not as up to date like Ubuntu. Some of it's packages is a bit outdated and taht is due to Debian 
> prefer stable package compare to bleeding edge. So if you're going for latest package, you may want to 
> consider Ubuntu or Arch Linux.
>
> There may be better options and I would like to hear other opinions in this matter.
>
> Hope that helps.
>
> Edhoari Setiyoso
>
> On 02/06/2018 01:21 PM, Akash Kakkar wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > I'm Akash from India.
> > I'm working as senior software engeneer and I'm a programmer too.
> > I'm developing for windows, web and android since many years.
> > Now, just for passion, I'm thinking to try linux and I'm seeking your
> > all's expert opinions regarding this field.
> > I know about various linux distro, but am unable to decide that which
> > one should I choose and which one is more accessible.
> > I'm very much aware about Vinux, but I think that it's now abandened?
> > because there's no download link on vinuxproject site and the builds
> > are also out dated on the source forge downloads page.
> > So, please let me know that which linux distro is the most accessible,
> > user friendly and upto date?
> >  I'm considering graphical user based distros and not the console based.
> > with regards,
> > Akash
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