It is possible to install your choice of GNOME, KDE, XFCE and/or LXDE on
your Arch system. I use GNOME3 here with no difficulty. If you find you
don't like gnome-shell, you can force fallback mode, either by setting
it in system settings -> graphics or by removing the gnome-shell package
from your system. Orca is in the gnome-extra group, so installing gnome
and gnome-extra will give you a system that you can get talking with a
minimum amount of effort. As for KDE, I wouldn't recommend it for daily
use just yet, although usability is progressing rapidly. You can get qt
apps talking even in GNOME, LXDE and XFCE by grabbing the qt-at-spi-git
package from AUR. I have heard of some blind users who were able to get
LXDE and XFCE talking, but your results may vary, especially since there
are few people who actually have experience with such an installation at
the moment. However, don't let that discourage you from trying either or
both. One of the things that makes Arch great is the fact that you can
try everything and keep only what you want. Hope this helps.
~Kyle
--
Linux killed Kenny, bastard!
--Subject of a real e-mail to the Linux kernel mailing list
12 January, 2009
