[NFBCS] Linux users

Tue Aug 6 01:58:20 UTC 2019

I'm not really doing anything special. I am using the Gnome desktop. I 
can start and stop Orca from anywhere on the system by typing the 
alt+super+s key command. I do recall that there were some system 
commands you couldn't do just anywhere with the Unity desktop, but I 
don't find this to be the case with the Gnome desktop.

I did upgrade Orca by pointing to the Ubuntu 18.04 packages, but if I 
were to do it all over again, I'd just start with Ubuntu 18.04.

BTW, I also use the laptop keyboard layout.

On 8/5/19 8:32 AM, Bryan Duarte wrote:
> Hey Chris,
>
> Thank you for your feedback this is exactly what I was looking for. 
> The computer I bought to run Linux on is an HP Envy as well. I have 
> Unbuntu 16.04 with Orca. Is there a specific configuration you are 
> using? I remember back in 14.04 and earlier there was a Gnome text 
> version but I do not think that is still around with GDK right?
>
> I have it in laptop keyboard layout and I use the Windows, caps lock 
> key, and the normal CTRL, and ALT keys to perform the system commands. 
> So far something as simple as turing Orca on and off is not working as 
> it should. Can these commands only be performed in specific locations 
> on the system, i.e. Desktop. To say it differently do some commands 
> not work when in a program such as terminal? Thanks again.
>
>
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>> On Aug 4, 2019, at 12:17 PM, Christopher Chaltain via NFBCS 
>> <nfbcs at nfbnet.org <mailto:nfbcs at nfbnet.org>> wrote:
>>
>> Linux is the operating system I use at home. Right now I'm running 
>> Ubuntu 16.04, although I'm playing around with Ubuntu 18.04 in a 
>> virtual machine before installing it on my bare metal. I use Orca and 
>> Emacs with Emacspeak. I mostly use it to read email, surf the web, 
>> keep track of my personal information, write some letters and 
>> documents, tinker around with some programming and stuff like that. 
>> I'm doing this on my HP Envy laptop. I booted into Windows the other 
>> day to play around with some games from GMA Games, but I probably 
>> haven't booted into Windows on this laptop more than half a dozen 
>> times in the last two years.
>>
>>
>> On 8/4/19 11:59 AM, Bryan Duarte via NFBCS 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 
>>>> <mailto: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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