Any suggestions of what distro of Linux I should load onto a new computer?

[Linux for blind general discussion]

I would recommend Fedora. It's mainstream, runs up-to-date programs, and
doesn't depend on one developer. To start Orca, just press Alt + Windows +
S. I would also go with the Fedora Mate spin, as Mate is, in my opinion, a
bit more accessible than Gnome. Do enable Assistive Technology support
after you install it.

https://spins.fedoraproject.org/mate-compiz/

Now, Accessible Coconut is good system, but it is very out of date. For a
learning system, that may be okay, except your school may require newer
packages. Do you know what distribution of Linux they're going to be using?

There is also Slint, at:

https://slint.fr/wiki/doku.php?id=en:start

But I would not call it newbie friendly, and I've had sound issues with it
the one time I tried it.

So yeah there really kinda isn't that much for blind beginner Linux users
right now. But I'd take a mainstream, well-developed distribution with
up-to-date packages any day over an out-of-date Ubuntu release.
Devin Prater
r.d.t.prater at gmail.com
gemini://tilde.pink/~devinprater/



On Mon, Oct 11, 2021 at 11:40 PM Linux for blind general discussion <
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> Hi guys,
> I was wondering if anyone had suggestions on what distro of Linux I should
> load onto a new computer? I will be using the computer for mainly school
> purposes to learn the OS.
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> Thanks,
>
> Ashley
>
>
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