Getting Started with linux

Tue Jan 18 01:55:20 UTC 2022

I  thought the keyboard selection got saved in a single file somewhere in
/etc/ but can't remember the file.  If that is correct, a destructive echo
statement into that file with the preferred keyboard setting ought to
solve this problem for you.

On Mon, 17 Jan 2022, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:

> Hi again,
>
>
> My biggest gripe with Gnome is the fact that the Settings is almost impossible
> to use. For example, I use the Left-Hand Dvorak keyboard because I only have a
> usable left hand. This is really easy to set in Mate, but not in Gnome. I
> could never do so, no matter whos instructions I followed.
>
>
> I am willing to give Gnome a fair shot, if I can fix my Keyboard, otherwise
> it's like trying to race against a Ferrari with a mountain bike. My
> productivity is shot all to hell, and I refuse to do that to myself.
>
>
> Warm regards,
>
> Brandt Steenkamp
>
> Sent from the Slint machine using Thunderbird
>
> On 2022/01/17 03:05, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
> > Well, simpler is a subjective term. I prefer Gnome over Mate and I find
> > Gnome to use a lot of the same concepts that I use on my Windows 10 desktop.
> >
> > --
> > Christopher (AKA CJ)
> > Chaltain at Outlook
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: blinux-list-bounces at redhat.com <blinux-list-bounces at redhat.com> On
> > Behalf Of Linux for blind general discussion
> > Sent: Sunday, January 16, 2022 9:54 AM
> > To: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list at redhat.com>
> > Subject: Re: Getting Started with linux
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> >
> > I personally do not like vanilla Ubuntu, simply because the Gnome desktop
> > does not make any sence to me at all. If it was me, and at one point, long,
> > long ago, it was, I'd download Ubuntu Mate, simply because the desktop is a
> > hell of a lot simpler to get use to, and also a lot more like the
> > traditional Windows Desktop in the sence that you can, if you so wish, put
> > all your crap on it, unlike Gnome.
> >
> > Warm regards,
> >
> > Brandt Steenkamp
> >
> > Sent from the Slint machine using Thunderbird
> >
> > On 2022/01/16 17:19, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
> >> Well, it sounds like you're telling me to run linux under windows?
> >> That isn't what I had in mind.  Here's what I've learned thus far:
> >> I need to download a linux OS; then make a bootable media and install
> >> the linux ISO to it.
> >>
> >> Well, I did that:
> >> downloaded ubuntu-20.04.3-desktop-amd64.iso and (for flashing it to
> >> the thumb drive) balenaEtcher-Portable-1.7.3.exe made a bootable thumb
> >> drive and installed ubuntu on it.
> >>
> >>
> >> Now I need to learn how to install ubuntu from the thumb drive.  I
> >> must search for instructions to go on from here.
> >>
> >> Thanks.
> >> Howard
> >>
> >>
> >> On 1/15/2022 5:53 PM, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
> >>> Ubuntu or Fedora could do that for you. alt-windows-s toggles speech
> >>> on and off and you want to choose try ubuntu or try fedora buttons on
> >>> the desktop screen.  Desktop screen is windows-d once system boots
> >>> and you have speech.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Sat, 15 Jan 2022, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Hello all,
> >>>>
> >>>> I've been wanting to try out linux but haven't wanted to give up or
> >>>> mess up any of my working windows systems.  Would it be possible to
> >>>> install some version of linux on a CD or a DVD; then just boot a
> >>>> computer from that disk bypassing windows altogether?  If so, I'd
> >>>> have to make it either talk or drive a Braille display.
> >>>>
> >>>> Wonder if anyone would have any suggestions?  Thank you.
> >>>>
> >>>> Howard
> >>>>
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