Re: [orca-list] (General Linux) Ubuntu server accessibility

["John G. Heim" <jheim math wisc edu>]

I am not sure its clear, there are 2 versions of Ubuntu, server and 
desktop. Ubuntu server does not include GUI apps. It boots into a 
character mode installer that does not have orca because orca is for the 
GUI. There is another screen reader, called speakup,  for the character 
interface. You can use speakup with a hardware synth in the Ubuntu 
server installer. I have not been able to get software speech to work in 
the Ubuntu server installer. I can't say it can't be done but I couldn't 
figure out how to get it to work.


There are at least 4 ways to do an accessible Ubuntu server install:

1. Use a hardware speech synth.

2. Use a braille display.

3. Use a terminal emulator on a serial port.

4. Ssh.


I am not sure there are any advantages to using the Server version of 
Ubunto on a server. At one time, when you compiled a kernel, you had to 
specify how many file handles you wanted, how many simultaneous users 
you wanted to allow. The kernel would take up more or less space in RAM 
depending upon your choices. But most of that stuff is configured at 
boot time these days.



On 7/26/20 7:07 AM, orca-list gnome org wrote:
> This is, as far as I know, a physical server.
> Devin Prater
> r d t prater gmail com
>
> Https://devinprater.github.io
>
> > On Jul 24, 2020, at 6:38 PM, Norman King <lists thekingstech com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi.
> >
> > Is this a virtual or physical server?
> >
> > If virtual, there are cloud images for most linux distros. Ubuntu's cloud images are at the following link.
> >
> > https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/focal/current/
> >
> > Once the system is installed, just use ssh, you don't even need speech.
> >
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> >
> > On 7/24/2020 2:24 PM, Devin Prater via orca-list wrote:
> > > Hi all. I will have the opportunity at work to set up an Ubuntu server at some point. I’ll use Docker and 
> > > such, but I can do that part. My only issue is installing Ubuntu server onto the server. Is there anything I 
> > > need to know, or can I just SSH and go like normal, or should I use the server itself and use Orca? Or does 
> > > it even come with Orca?
> > > Devin Prater
> > > r d t prater gmail com
> > >
> > > Https://devinprater.github.io
> > >
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