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

[Linux for blind general discussion]

Thank you.
I knew not that Fedora has a mate edition.

> On Oct 12, 2021, at 5:26 AM, Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list at redhat.com> wrote:
> 
> 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 Now, Accessible Coconut is good system, but it is very out of date.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 up-to-date packages any day over an out-of-date Ubuntu release.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 <
> blinux-list at redhat.com> wrote:
> 
>> 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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