Re: [orca-list] Installing Ubuntu mate 20.10 with orca

[Kyle <kyle4jesus gmail com>]

The problem you describe is as I recall a problem that was initially 
present in Ubuntu-MATE 21.04. I was hoping they would have that fixed 
before the freeze, but it does appear it will likely pass largely 
unnoticed in the 21.10 release sadly. I would consider this to be a 
showstopper, but the powers that be at Canonical don't seem to think so. 
I do hope I'm just blowing smoke, and that they do get it fixed. 
Meanwhile, you may be able to open a terminal and run your command using 
sudo -e or similar. I think that's what keeps the environment that 
allows administration apps to talk. Also, from my most recent testing, I 
have found Fedora-MATE to be highly reliable and stable, and the 
installer and other administration applications are speaking out of the 
box. It also offers access to both snaps and flatpaks, and most software 
seems to be at later versions than the Ubuntu equivalents. They really 
did a great job with this release. They even still have Compiz if you 
need that for magnification or anything else that it can do well. Hope 
this helps.

~Kyle