Re: [orca-list] Mint or Ubuntu, which has more accessible Mate?

[Krishnakant Mane <kkmane riseup net>]

In that case I will have to go with Ubuntu as I only use Free software
for every personal and professional computing work i do.

If I can access the icons in the panel to choose wifi etc then most of
my work is done.

happy hacking.

Krishnakant.


On 03/19/2018 09:13 AM, David Hunt wrote:
> I think you will be happy with Mate 1.20, found in Ubuntu 18.04 and
> Debian Buster.  In Ubuntu's version, The wifi, battery state, volumes,
> messages, and bluetooth settings are grouped in the Indicator applet,
> which you may remember from the previous Ubuntus. The battery state,
> wifi signal strength, wifi security state are all spoken, as you wish,
> but the submenu names in Indicator Applet are not always spoken.  The
> Orca included in Ubuntu 18.04 and Debian Buster is 3.26.
>
> In Buster's Mate version, the same things are spoken, as above, but
> Debian doesn't use the indicator applet.  More notifications seem to
> get spoken in Ubuntu than in Debian.  In both instances, the default
> layout is the one with two panels, and the side-by-side menus of
> Applications, Places, and System.  A single-panel layout is available
> in both; in Debian it's called Opensuse, and in Ubuntu, it's called
> Redmond.
>
>
>
> HTH,
>
>
>
> Dave
>
>
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