Re: [orca-list] orca in manjaro?

[Jace Kattalakis <khalfang1366 gmail com>]

Not Devin. But can I get...

Pidgin working, Pidgin's purple-skypeweb plugin owrking and purple-facebook?

Can I get MUD clients working like TinyFugue and most importantly...


Does it work with NVME SSD out of the box?

On 16/02/2020 07:51, Didier Spaier via orca-list wrote:
> Hi Devin,
>
> Here is what you get in Slint, let us know if you need more.
>
> Packages initially installed (from the ISO):
>
> 1. Console screen readers: espeakup, fenrir and speechd-up.
> You can easily choose one and change it typing as root:
> speak-with <espeakup or fenrir or speechd-up>
> Now espeakup can use all 54 mbrola voices available
> in Slint.
>
> 2. Emacs, with emacspeak and speechd-el
> You can easily choose one and change it typing as regular user:
> switch-on <emacspeak or speechd-el>
> If you choose emacspeak and Voxin is installed you will
> be asked if you want to use it.
>
> 3. On the desktop: Speech Dispatcher and Orca, whith these synthesizers
> and associated voices:
> espeak-ng (also with mbrola voices)
> pico
> flite
> rhvoice
> After installation, you can get Voxin and more voices.
>
> 4. During installation, speech and Braille can be used. If so, the first
> user created during installation will have speech and Braille as soon as
> the system is started.
> You can choose to log in in a console then start a desktop using startx
> when you want, or start directly a desktop, this can be set and changed
> typing as root:
> login-chooser <'text' or 'gdm' or 'lightdm' or others)
> A good VirtualBox is included as well as Qemu.
>
> 5. You will not get Gnome. But I fail to see what it brings that Mate
> doesn't provide. We have other desktops and windows managers included
> and you choose and change the one you use typing:
> session-chooser
>
> For the updates, you can check this ChangeLog:
> http://slackware.uk/slint/x86_64/slint-14.2.1/ChangeLog.txt
>
> After installation, typing these commands will update your system:
> slapt-get --add-keys
> slapt-get -u
> slapt-het --upgrade
> slapt-get --install-set slint
>
> At time of writing, Slint provides:
> orca 3.35.3
> speech-dispatcher from git Master (most recent commit)
> Mate 1.22 (Mate 1.24, released on 10 February will be soon available for
> Slint)
> Security fixes are provided as updates.
>
> So, apart from Fedora Slint provides
> _ A fully accessible installer
> _ more software for accessibility, kept up to date
>
> Please elaborate on what you like in Fedora that I didn't mention, then
> I'll the tell if you can get that in Slint.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Didier
>
>
> Le 16/02/2020 à 07:10, Devin Prater via orca-list a écrit :
> > Yes, but do I also get the packages I need? Emacs with all the stuff it needs, timely updates, good virtual 
> > box, and so on? What sets Slint apart from Fedora?
> >
> > > On Feb 15, 2020, at 11:38 PM, Dave Hunt via orca-list <orca-list gnome org <mailto:orca-list gnome org>> 
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > If you don't mind using Mate, instead of GNOME, consider Slint https://slint.fr.  You can get the kind of 
> > > installation you want!
> > >
> > > On 2/15/20 9:44 PM, Jude DaShiell wrote:
> > > > Unlike most here, my ideal install would be to come up in console then
> > > > start gnome using startx since that way no need to do a graphical login.
> _______________________________________________
> orca-list mailing list
> orca-list gnome org
> https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/orca-list
> 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