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

Wed Oct 13 01:11:22 UTC 2021

I have tried running Linux Mint, Mate addition, but there are things that just doesn't work correctly, and I'm not spending the time to make my machine do what I need it to do.

An example of this, any LTS Ubuntu or Ubuntu spin will be running BRLTTY 6.0, and getting the newest to work is a pain, and, yes, I need 6.3 at least, because any older doesn't support my BrailleOne from Humanware.

Getting my ready built Windows Qemu VM to work is also rather painfull.

My suggestion for a Linux distro for both the newbie and old hand would be Slint, a very good distro based on Slackware and Salix.

Everything works very well, mostly out of the box, however, if you are fixated on using Systemd, don't touch any Slackware based distros.

If you want to give it a go, get it from slint.fr <http://slint.fr/>.

I had to put Winbloat back on my Huawei MateBook, but I cannot bare the pain anymore, thus, after I wake back up, I will be putting trusty Slint back where it should be, in the place of the spyware masquerading as an operating system which all right thinking humans should hate on principle.

Yes, I'm tired, thus, more brutally honest than usual.

Warm regards,

Brandt Steenkamp

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> On 13 Oct 2021, at 01:20, Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list at redhat.com> wrote:
> 
> I have Linux Mint (Mate Edition), on one of my machines. This is based
> on Ubuntu 20.04, which is a long-term stable version. I hear, it will be
> supported til 2030?  with orca configured for speech; can't test the
> braille setup, I have no display.  Try out the live system from
> https://linuxmint.com.  
> 
> HTH,
> 
> 
> Dave
> 
> 
> Sent from my Think Penguin J4 laptop, running Trisquel GNU/Linux, version 9.
> 
> 
> Dave
> 
> 
> On 10/12/21 6:29 PM, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
>> This was fedora 34 mate.
>> 
>>> On Oct 12, 2021, at 5:19 PM, Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list at redhat.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> What distribution is this on?
>>> Devin Prater
>>> r.d.t.prater at gmail.com
>>> gemini://tilde.pink/~devinprater/
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Tue, Oct 12, 2021 at 4:16 PM Linux for blind general discussion <
>>> blinux-list at redhat.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> After installing, I heard ’screen-reader off’, so I turned orca on.
>>>> Then I was told to reboot.
>>>> After rebooting, I turned orca on, then logged in.
>>>> Then, no speech.
>>>> Could not get orca working.
>>>> 
>>>>> On Oct 12, 2021, at 7:12 AM, Linux for blind general discussion <
>>>> blinux-list at redhat.com> wrote:
>>>>> A huge +1 for Fedora MATE. I have it running on two computers here, one
>>>> is not mine, and it works great. Orca comes with it, and you can run a full
>>>> install after pressing alt+f2 to open the run window and then entering the
>>>> word orca. Wifi generally works out of the box, though the NetworkManager
>>>> applet that controls it doesn't tell you what it is. Still, you can just
>>>> hold the alt and control keys and double tap the tab key to get to the top
>>>> panel, then shift tab past the toggle button and press the enter key to
>>>> bring up the menu that has your wifi connections. There's not much more to
>>>> tell other than it's a great OS, not just for learning, but for daily use,
>>>> and one of the computers in the house that is running it is even being used
>>>> for gaming and live streaming. If you need to dig deeper into the guts of
>>>> the system, it allows for that as well. I for one highly recommend the
>>>> Fedora MATE spin.
>>>>> ~Kyle
>>>>> 
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