Howard, my name is Jackie McBride. Note I said the Slint developer is on this list, & he just popped into this thred. His name is Didier. I don't really know him, (& that's unfortunate), But I've found him to be very responsive to those requesting help w/Slint. I myself don't use it, simply because my work is w/webservers & for that I exclusively use SSH & CLI. I've been doing that for 11 years now, but if I were to ever use a Linux desktop, despite my experience level, Slint would be my first choice, simply because it appears to me to be the most hassle-free. YMMV, of course, & I suspect others would disagree, but, from my experience, beginners who have to struggle a lot w/something often just say "screw it" & give up. It's especially even more true when lack of accessibility becomes a factor. I think that's a whole lot less likely to happen w/a blind user & Slint, simply because the developer is also blind, so he knows what's required & he really appears to care a great deal. On 1/16/22, Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > > my friend Kyle, I bet that just trying Slint (not Slackware) can change your > opinion about it <smile>. > > It you succeed breaking it, please let me know how, so I know what I should > enhance and/of fix! > > Cheers, > Didier > -- > Didier Spaier > Slint maintainer > > > Le 16/01/2022 à 17:42, Linux for blind general discussion a écrit : >> Slint is essentially Slackware with a few modifications. I broke Slackware >> several times, which is actually why I left it early on. It was my first >> experience with Linux, but I wouldn't say it was my most enjoyable >> experience. I >> eventually broke things on purpose in other distributions in order to >> learn how >> to fix them, and I guess I can thank Slackware for that LOL. I actually >> found >> Red Hat, which became Fedora, to be one of the easiest to use out of the >> box, >> and it is kept updated better than Ubuntu, which is arguably one of the >> easiest >> of all to use overall. Actually, Arch is great once you get it going, but >> there >> is a lot that can break while you're installing, so I don't recommend it >> for >> people who just want to see what things look like. My personal >> recommendations >> for seeing what things look like and how well they work right out of the >> box >> would be either Fedora Live Workstation >> >> https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/35/Workstation/x86_64/iso/Fedora-Workstation-Live-x86_64-35-1.2.iso >> >> >> or the version I personally use: Fedora Mate Compiz >> >> https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/35/Spins/x86_64/iso/Fedora-MATE_Compiz-Live-x86_64-35-1.2.iso >> >> >> Both of these include the Orca screen reader on the iso itself. >> Workstation >> allows you to press alt+super+s to start Orca on the desktop, and >> MATE-Compiz >> starts it by pressing alt+f2 and entering >> >> orca >> >> in the run window that pops up. Either way, the installer is fairly easy >> to use, >> and I have successfully installed both to a hard drive and to a USB thumb >> drive >> without breaking anything. You can of course "try before you buy," just >> like you >> can with Ubuntu, meaning that you have full access to the system without >> installing to anything at all, and then if you decide you do want to >> install, >> you just start the installer and set it up according to your needs. >> >> >> That said, Fedora and Ubuntu both have very large and helpful user bases, >> and >> community support is far easier to get when you need help. Ubuntu probably >> has >> the largest user base of all, and this is a good thing for those people >> who are >> getting started. I cannot overestimate the benefit of broad and diverse >> community support, and both Fedora and Ubuntu offer such support owing to >> their >> large numbers of users and their willingness to help each other. So based >> on >> this alone, I would recommend either Fedora or Ubuntu over just about >> anything >> else, and Fedora is my personal choice due to its frequent software >> updates even >> in a release. >> >> ~Kyle >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Blinux-lsst 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 -- Subscribe to a WordPress for Newbies Mailing List by sending a message to: wp4newbs-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by visiting the list page at http://www.freelists.org/list/wp4newbs & check out my sites at www.brightstarsweb.com & www.mysitesbeenhacked.com _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list