Re: [orca-list] Questions about Distributions

[Didier Spaier <didier slint fr>]

Hi Devin,

1. Slint is not a rolling release, but is not static either. 

At time of writing we ship:
Mate 1.22 (Mate 1.24 should replace it next week).
orca-3.35.91 (Orca 3.36 will replace it as soon as available).
espeak-ng gitad2b12f6 (26 February 2020, i.e. currently master.)
fenrir gitd5ca736f (6 November 2019)
brltty 6.0 (22 February 2019, most recent release)

I think that fits your bill.

2. The last Fedora (31, spin Mate-Compiz) ships Mate 1.22.2
I just checked starting it in a virtual machine

Best regards,

Didier

Le 06/03/2020 à 15:07, Devin Prater via orca-list a écrit :
> Hi all. I have some questions about distributions.
>
> First, is Slint a rolling release? Slint sounds great, but as the recent discussion of Debian and Mate 1.24 
> shows, more static releases may be more stable, but also, older releases mean less accessible releases at 
> times. I want to be as near the edge as possible, to have the best accessibility as possible, without 
> running beta software, well maybe Orca master.
>
> Second, does Fedora Mate have Mate 1.24 yet? I have not found any concrete answers to this when Googling.
>
> Third, I have just ordered a Raspberry Pi 4. Since Stormux is beta quality, or less, I do not want to 
> experiment with such beta quality of an entire operating system, for now. So, which is more supported: 
> Talking Arch, or Tarch?
>
> Thanks all for any answers to these questions. I know we probably get a lot of these anyway, but Linux 
> accessibility, I admit, changes even throughout one year, so do the needs of an operating system and its 
> Desktop Environment.