Getting Started with linux

Sun Jan 16 18:47:17 UTC 2022

Mmm, I don't think Didier is blind actually. I tried Slint like a year or
two ago, and found that after installing Voxin, speech wasn't
interrupted when new speech replaced it, so there would be two ESpeak
voices speaking at the same time if I navigated quickly. This may have been
fixed by now, but I've grown to love Fedora (its Mate spin, not the awful
Gnome crap) so I don't think I'll be trying Slint for a while.
Devin Prater
r.d.t.prater at gmail.com

On Sun, Jan 16, 2022 at 11:31 AM Linux for blind general discussion <
blinux-list at redhat.com> wrote:

> Howard, my name is Jackie McBride. Note I said the Slint developer is
> on this list, & he just popped into this thred. His name is Didier.
>
> I don't really know him, (& that's unfortunate), But I've found him to
> be very responsive to those requesting help w/Slint.
>
> I myself don't use it, simply because my work is w/webservers & for
> that I exclusively use SSH & CLI. I've been doing that for 11 years
> now, but if I were to ever use a Linux desktop, despite my experience
> level, Slint would be my first choice, simply because it appears to me
> to be the most hassle-free.
>
> YMMV, of course, & I suspect others would disagree, but, from my
> experience, beginners who have to struggle a lot w/something often
> just say "screw it" & give up. It's especially even more true when
> lack of accessibility becomes a factor. I think that's a whole lot
> less likely to happen w/a blind user & Slint, simply because the
> developer is also blind, so he knows what's required & he really
> appears to care a great deal.
>
> On 1/16/22, Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list at redhat.com>
> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > my friend Kyle, I bet that just trying Slint (not Slackware) can change
> your
> > opinion about it <smile>.
> >
> > It you succeed breaking it, please let me know how, so I know what I
> should
> > enhance and/of fix!
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Didier
> > --
> > Didier Spaier
> > Slint maintainer
> >
> >
> > Le 16/01/2022 à 17:42, Linux for blind general discussion a écrit :
> >> Slint is essentially Slackware with a few modifications. I broke
> Slackware
> >> several times, which is actually why I left it early on. It was my first
> >> experience with Linux, but I wouldn't say it was my most enjoyable
> >> experience. I
> >> eventually broke things on purpose in other distributions in order to
> >> learn how
> >> to fix them, and I guess I can thank Slackware for that LOL. I actually
> >> found
> >> Red Hat, which became Fedora, to be one of the easiest to use out of the
> >> box,
> >> and it is kept updated better than Ubuntu, which is arguably one of the
> >> easiest
> >> of all to use overall. Actually, Arch is great once you get it going,
> but
> >> there
> >> is a lot that can break while you're installing, so I don't recommend it
> >> for
> >> people who just want to see what things look like. My personal
> >> recommendations
> >> for seeing what things look like and how well they work right out of the
> >> box
> >> would be either Fedora Live Workstation
> >>
> >>
> https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/35/Workstation/x86_64/iso/Fedora-Workstation-Live-x86_64-35-1.2.iso
> >>
> >>
> >> or the version I personally use: Fedora Mate Compiz
> >>
> >>
> https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/35/Spins/x86_64/iso/Fedora-MATE_Compiz-Live-x86_64-35-1.2.iso
> >>
> >>
> >> Both of these include the Orca screen reader on the iso itself.
> >> Workstation
> >> allows you to press alt+super+s to start Orca on the desktop, and
> >> MATE-Compiz
> >> starts it by pressing alt+f2 and entering
> >>
> >> orca
> >>
> >> in the run window that pops up. Either way, the installer is fairly easy
> >> to use,
> >> and I have successfully installed both to a hard drive and to a USB
> thumb
> >> drive
> >> without breaking anything. You can of course "try before you buy," just
> >> like you
> >> can with Ubuntu, meaning that you have full access to the system without
> >> installing to anything at all, and then if you decide you do want to
> >> install,
> >> you just start the installer and set it up according to your needs.
> >>
> >>
> >> That said, Fedora and Ubuntu both have very large and helpful user
> bases,
> >> and
> >> community support is far easier to get when you need help. Ubuntu
> probably
> >> has
> >> the largest user base of all, and this is a good thing for those people
> >> who are
> >> getting started. I cannot overestimate the benefit of broad and diverse
> >> community support, and both Fedora and Ubuntu offer such support owing
> to
> >> their
> >> large numbers of users and their willingness to help each other. So
> based
> >> on
> >> this alone, I would recommend either Fedora or Ubuntu over just about
> >> anything
> >> else, and Fedora is my personal choice due to its frequent software
> >> updates even
> >> in a release.
> >>
> >> ~Kyle
> >>
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