Tim here. Can you run firefox? Sorta. You can forward Firefox on a remote machine so that it displays on a local machine using the "-X" parameter to ssh: $ ssh -X user@remote firefox That said: 1) I don't think a screen-reader running locally would have access to the underlying accessibility information in the remote program. A screen-reader running on the remote machine might be able to access the information, but you'd then have to way to forward that a11y information back to your local machine (see #3 below) 2) it's a really sucky experience over a long distance. If the "remote" machine is on your same local network, it's tolerable; if you're trying to use a remote machine in a data-center half-way across the continent over a mediocre broadband connection, it's a horrible experience. I've used this in a pinch (remoting into my home machine from my in-laws halfway across the country and using a GUI application), but the latency will drive you bonkers. 3) it doesn't forward video or audio without a few extra tricks. By default, video generally renders directly to a region of the local (and in this context, "local" means local-to-the-remote-machine) place where firefox is running. Which isn't where you are, meaning horrible performance. Similarly, there are ways of routing audio output over the network (which might even let you run a screen-reader on a remote machine and have it render the audio locally; if you use Braille output, you might have a better time of it). So all that said, you *can* run Firefox remotely, but it's a generally unpleasant—and potentially inaccessible—experience all 'round. Is there a particular problem you're trying to solve that might be solved using means other than displaying a remote firefox session locally? -Tim On February 17, 2021, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: > Can you run Firefox? > Others here indicate that you do not have access to the graphical > desktop itself, just the same baseline tools. > > > > On Wed, 17 Feb 2021, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: > > > Yes, I have my wife set up with a graphical desktop edition of > > Ubuntu and I SSH from my machine into her machine regularly to > > perform backups & upgrades. As long as you're running sshd on > > the graphical desktop (and you haven't configured a firewall to > > block SSH access), it should work fine. > > > > -Tim > > > > On February 17, 2021, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: > >> Hi folks, > >> Is it possible to ssh into a graphical desktop edition of Linux, > >> Ubuntu for example? > >> Karen > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Blinux-list mailing list > >> Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > >> https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list mailing list > > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list