It would be easier to like Gnome, but the settings center is really hard to navigate. Devin Prater r.d.t.prater@xxxxxxxxx On Sun, Jan 16, 2022 at 7:08 PM Linux for blind general discussion < blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Well, simpler is a subjective term. I prefer Gnome over Mate and I find > Gnome to use a lot of the same concepts that I use on my Windows 10 desktop. > > -- > Christopher (AKA CJ) > Chaltain at Outlook > > -----Original Message----- > From: blinux-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx <blinux-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx> On > Behalf Of Linux for blind general discussion > Sent: Sunday, January 16, 2022 9:54 AM > To: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: Getting Started with linux > > Hi, > > > I personally do not like vanilla Ubuntu, simply because the Gnome desktop > does not make any sence to me at all. If it was me, and at one point, long, > long ago, it was, I'd download Ubuntu Mate, simply because the desktop is a > hell of a lot simpler to get use to, and also a lot more like the > traditional Windows Desktop in the sence that you can, if you so wish, put > all your crap on it, unlike Gnome. > > Warm regards, > > Brandt Steenkamp > > Sent from the Slint machine using Thunderbird > > On 2022/01/16 17:19, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: > > Well, it sounds like you're telling me to run linux under windows? > > That isn't what I had in mind. Here's what I've learned thus far: > > I need to download a linux OS; then make a bootable media and install > > the linux ISO to it. > > > > Well, I did that: > > downloaded ubuntu-20.04.3-desktop-amd64.iso and (for flashing it to > > the thumb drive) balenaEtcher-Portable-1.7.3.exe made a bootable thumb > > drive and installed ubuntu on it. > > > > > > Now I need to learn how to install ubuntu from the thumb drive. I > > must search for instructions to go on from here. > > > > Thanks. > > Howard > > > > > > On 1/15/2022 5:53 PM, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: > >> Ubuntu or Fedora could do that for you. alt-windows-s toggles speech > >> on and off and you want to choose try ubuntu or try fedora buttons on > >> the desktop screen. Desktop screen is windows-d once system boots > >> and you have speech. > >> > >> > >> On Sat, 15 Jan 2022, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: > >> > >>> Hello all, > >>> > >>> I've been wanting to try out linux but haven't wanted to give up or > >>> mess up any of my working windows systems. Would it be possible to > >>> install some version of linux on a CD or a DVD; then just boot a > >>> computer from that disk bypassing windows altogether? If so, I'd > >>> have to make it either talk or drive a Braille display. > >>> > >>> Wonder if anyone would have any suggestions? 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