friend, install accessible-coconut an accessible distribution from sourceforge.net which will help you for different uses.If you are interested contact sath.linux@xxxxxxxxx On 3/27/20, Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello, > > My name is Simon and I am from UK. > > I have been a Windows and for 13 years a mac user. I have no training in > computer programming. Whatever I do know , I have learnt as I went along. > I would like to give Linux a go, having failed a few years ago. But I’m > quite determined to learn. I have just joined this group, and I would like > to ask you to be patient with me as I may be talking nonsense or asking very > basic questions. The world of Linux is very new to me and I am still very > much learning the concepts and terms other experienced users take for > granted. > > If you had any suggestions or pointers to any materials I might use to > start, please help. I understand from my research on the subject of Linux > accessibility that CLI is the way to go. I have no sight and I use speech > as well as Braille. I have just managed to install Debian 10.3 distro on an > old laptop Dell inspiron 640, have successfully activated Orca during the > installation and completed it. I can’t yet determine whether I’m using > gnome desktop or Mate, and if Gnome, whether it would be easier for me to > use Mate , and if the latter is true, how I would install or choose Mate if > it’s already installed. I’m not quite sure yet either exactly what the > difference between the two is. I realize my Dell is 13 years old, and I > will want to purchase a much newer second hand laptop as soon as I’ve saved > for it. This might enable me to install something different. A friendly > person on another list suggested tarch. I am beginning to research Tarch > and want to be ready to use it so if there are any documents that would help > me understand how Tarch works after the installation, and whether I can > install it without sight, please say. > > Thank you for listening. > > Simon > > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list -- *Mob : +919446012215 FREE SOFTWARE FREE SOCIETY * _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list