"Le 24/01/2018 à 07:17, Linux for blind general discussion a écrit : Sorry hijack but did you installed debian 9 mate (new install), does wireless work properly ? Yes, it works. The link provided by Edhoari is the Debian installer with proprietaries firmware. FYI, Debian ships only free software by default, it's because the manufacturer of your WiFi card only provides a proprietary driver for your WIFI card." 2 computers, tried twice on one, three times on another, the drivers of the unofficial debian mate iso work, it see networks but don't connect. 2018-01-24 19:39 UTC−05:00, Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx>: > I'm not sure what you mean by the text based Gnome desktop. I think > Unity, Mate and Gnome are all accessible on Ubuntu 16.04. I run the > Gnome desktop myself, which is a GUI desktop. > > > On 01/24/2018 02:45 PM, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: >> As of right now I have to use Ubuntu 16.04 for one of the classes I am >> taking. There is probably no real issue in using another version but he >> specifically wants us to use Ubuntu 16.04 so that is what I installed. >> Maybe later I will switch to Mate or something else but for now I am using >> Ubuntu. >> >> Is it not necessary to run the text based gnome desktop when using Orca on >> Ubuntu? I know it is not required but I have read a lot of people talking >> about how much better Orca is with the text based gnome. How do I know >> what desktop version I am running? >> Bryan Duarte | software engineer >> >> ASU Computer Science Ph.D Student >> IGERT Fellow >> Alliance for Person-centered Accessible Technology (APAcT) >> Center for Cognitive Ubiquitous Computing (CUbiC Lab) >> National Federation of the Blind of Arizona | Affiliate Board Member >> National Association of Blind Students | Board Member >> Arizona Association of Blind Students | President >> Phone: 480-652-3045 >> >>> On Jan 24, 2018, at 1:19 AM, Linux for blind general discussion >>> <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> >>> Le 24/01/2018 à 07:17, Linux for blind general discussion a écrit : >>>> Sorry hijack but did you installed debian 9 mate (new install), does >>>> wireless work properly ? >>> Yes, it works. The link provided by Edhoari is the Debian installer with >>> proprietaries firmware. >>> >>> FYI, Debian ships only free software by default, it's because the >>> manufacturer of your WiFi card only provides a proprietary driver for >>> your WIFI card. >>> >>> Best regards. >>> -- >>> Alex ARNAUD >>> Visual-Impairment Project Manager >>> Hypra - "Humanizing technology" >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Blinux-list mailing list >>> Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx >>> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list >> _______________________________________________ >> Blinux-list mailing list >> Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx >> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > -- > Christopher (CJ) > Chaltain at Gmail > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list -- Michaël Caron Couturier _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list