Best Distro for Blind

[Linux for blind general discussion]

I think it may be possible with ubuntu mate to totally disable the
graphical user environment by means of a sudo systemctl disable
display-manager.service.
That way those who function better in command line environments would be
able to use that distro and have it boot into console.  espeakup or fenrir
would need installing before the first reboot and fenrir would need
configuring and enabling.
I could live with ubuntu coming up in console and then have the option
using startx to start up mate and orca but I'm thinking that would need
more configuring of ubuntu to get that working properly.
In any event the necessary configuration steps to do this would be helpful
for us primarily console users when we have to use ubuntu and have that
documented on the ubuntu wiki in an appropriate location.



On Fri, 30 Apr 2021, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:

> I also very much suggest Ubuntu Mate.
>
> ? Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye.?
> ~ Helen Keller
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> > On Apr 30, 2021, at 4:53 PM, Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list at redhat.com> wrote:
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> > Matthew
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> > Are you looking for something witha GUI installer? If so, Ubuntu mate should be good.  Also, I am using fedora mate spin and is very accessinble.  There is also accessible accocanut which is based on ubuntu 20.jd.  Also if you want a text installer, slint is a very good choice.   also debian is also good.  So, as you can see there are a few good choices avalible.
> >
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> >
> > Hi,
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> >> On 4/30/2021 1:20 PM, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >>
> >> I am a totally blind person and a LONG time Windows/Jaws/NVDA user. I am wondering what would be a recommendation for the best distro/GUI environment to begin using?  I would love to be able to move away from Windows and use Linux full time for browsing, email, word processing and spreadsheets. I have a Thinkpad X220 that I can use for Linux. About 15 years ago, I played around with Venux, but that project seems to be dormant now. I have a Pi 3B+ running some ham radio software and I have to SSH into it occasionally and perform some command line stuff. For daily usage, I want a full GUI environment.
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> >> Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
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> >>
> >> John
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