[NFBCS] Linux users

[Jack Heim]

I have a feeling that you are looking at this the wrong way. You say 
commands didn't work. But what that means is that you were typing the 
wrong thing. I mean, its a computer, it does what you tell it to do. 
Switching operating systems is challenging even for sighted people. A 
blind person has to learn a screen reader at the same time. It can be 
incredibly frustrating. So only you can say whether the time and effort 
it will take to learn linux and orca is worth it to you.


I see that you are a CS student. I would highly recommend that you teach 
yourself to use linux. I think you are very much restricting your career 
opportunities if you don't. Linux is big at affirmative action employers 
like universities. At any one time at the University Of Wisconsin, there 
are probably 3 to 6 open positions for linux systems administrators. 
There just aren't enough applicants for the jobs. In the private sector 
in Madison, WI, starting salary for a linux sysadmin is about $80k. I've 
been offered interviews in NYC and Silicon Valley for jobs paying $250k.


I use debian and ubuntu linux. Those are two of the best with respect to 
accessibility. I would recommend that you join the orca support email 
list. Orca has an extremely active support community.  Subscribe at 
orca-list-request at gnome.org.



On 8/4/19 11:59 AM, Bryan Duarte wrote:

> Thanks for your response. I guess I should have been a bit more specific. I use A Mac with voiceover and I live in the Unix command line. I have no issue using Linux command line I have an issue using the Linux desktop. I have never had any luck with Linux with Orca in the Desktop environment. I bought a HP laptop about a yer ago specifically to install Linux on it. I did and found that commands did not work and I grew frustrated. I wanted to use the command line which I was able to do but then commands to review the stdout did not work,. If you have any further feedback on what version of Linux you are running, maybe the specs of your computer, Orca config, etc I would appreciate it.
>
> Bryan Duarte
>
> PhD Computer Science Research student
> IGERT Fellow, CUbiC Lab, Arizona State University
>
>> On Aug 4, 2019, at 9:45 AM, Jack Heim <john at johnheim.com> wrote:
>>
>> I have been using linux and orca so long I cannot really tell you how it compares to jaws or nvda. I manage the research computing cluster for the Math Department at the University Of Wisconsin. I think in 2019 it is fair to say that all computational research is done on linux machines. I haven't checked for years but the last couple of times I checked, all 500 of the top 500 supercomputers were running linux. You have big problems if you are using a Windows desktop and a linux server. It is way easier just to switch to linux on your desktop. So I haven't used Windows for 20 years.
>>
>>
>> I have a Mac laptop so I can kind of compare orca and voiceOver. I am no Mac expert. But I would say orca and voiceOver are approximately equally good.
>>
>>
>>
>>> On 8/4/19 11:11 AM, Bryan Duarte via NFBCS wrote:
>>> Hey ya'll,
>>>
>>> I am sure to some this is a ridiculous question but I need to ask any way. I have been using Linux for years but mostly through an SSH connection to a server instance on either AWS or a PI or designated server in my lab. My question is does any one have any feedback on using it stand alone with Orca or some other screen reader? If so plese share your experiences.
>>> Bryan Duarte
>>>
>>> PhD Computer Science Research student
>>> IGERT Fellow, CUbiC Lab, Arizona State University
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