[NFBCS] Linux users

Tue Aug 6 02:04:10 UTC 2019

The same in Mate. Turning Orca on/off works from anywhere.

On 8/5/19 9:58 PM, Christopher Chaltain via NFBCS wrote:
> 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.
>>
>>
>> Bryan Duarte | software engineer
>>
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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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