I would recommend Fedora. It's mainstream, runs up-to-date programs, and doesn't depend on one developer. To start Orca, just press Alt + Windows + S. I would also go with the Fedora Mate spin, as Mate is, in my opinion, a bit more accessible than Gnome. Do enable Assistive Technology support after you install it. https://spins.fedoraproject.org/mate-compiz/ Now, Accessible Coconut is good system, but it is very out of date. For a learning system, that may be okay, except your school may require newer packages. Do you know what distribution of Linux they're going to be using? There is also Slint, at: https://slint.fr/wiki/doku.php?id=en:start But I would not call it newbie friendly, and I've had sound issues with it the one time I tried it. So yeah there really kinda isn't that much for blind beginner Linux users right now. But I'd take a mainstream, well-developed distribution with up-to-date packages any day over an out-of-date Ubuntu release. Devin Prater r.d.t.prater@xxxxxxxxx gemini://tilde.pink/~devinprater/ On Mon, Oct 11, 2021 at 11:40 PM Linux for blind general discussion < blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi guys, > I was wondering if anyone had suggestions on what distro of Linux I should > load onto a new computer? I will be using the computer for mainly school > purposes to learn the OS. > Any help would be greatly appreciated. > Thanks, > > Ashley > > > _______________________________________________ > 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