Re: [orca-list] Accessible Rolling Release Distro

[Jude DaShiell <jdashiel panix com>]

I have no trouble installing debian-testing but then again, I use
documented accessibility start up procedures to do it.  First, you're
not going to install with orca.  You'll be installing with espeak and
you hit s when you boot up to get into the installation.  The default
package selection includes mate so on post-install on first boot orca
will come up in mate.  debian is not fedore or ubuntu.  Rawhide in
Fedora never has accessibility enabled.

On Mon, 31 Aug 2020, Nimer Jaber via orca-list wrote:

> Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2020 22:51:45
> From: Nimer Jaber via orca-list <orca-list gnome org>
> Reply-To: nimerjaber1 gmail com
> To: orca-list <orca-list gnome org>
> Subject: [orca-list] Accessible Rolling Release Distro
>
> Hello,
>
> I am looking for an accessible distro which allows for rolling releases,
> which is going to be accessible.
>
>    - I attempted to install Fedora Rawhide, but was unable to make progress
>    as I got no speech after boot of the live CD for some reason. I am able to
>    boot prior Fedora versions, but not rawhide. I have never been successful
>    at upgrading to a new release with Fedora without things breaking.
>    - I attempted to install Debian's testing version, but the installer
>    seemed inaccessible. As soon as I launched the installer I got no speech in
>    the installer window, making me think that Orca can't access it. I tried to
>    enable assistive technologies in the preferences, but as soon as I logged
>    out, I lost speech and couldn't get back in.
>    - I almost downloaded Solus, but saw a thread with some users saying
>    that its installer isn't accessible as of 4.0
>
>
> I am not interested in Arch, and am looking for a distro with either Gnome
> 3 or Mate Desktop, something which offers a rolling release, and will work
> well with Orca. Thoughts anyone? It seems that the latest batch of distros
> seem to be less and less accessible, with issues with installers, using
> different window managers, etc. Is there any work to mitigate this, or are
> we going to lose access to most of the distros that don't require much
> tinkering to get working?

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