I thought the keyboard selection got saved in a single file somewhere in /etc/ but can't remember the file. If that is correct, a destructive echo statement into that file with the preferred keyboard setting ought to solve this problem for you. On Mon, 17 Jan 2022, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: > Hi again, > > > My biggest gripe with Gnome is the fact that the Settings is almost impossible > to use. For example, I use the Left-Hand Dvorak keyboard because I only have a > usable left hand. This is really easy to set in Mate, but not in Gnome. I > could never do so, no matter whos instructions I followed. > > > I am willing to give Gnome a fair shot, if I can fix my Keyboard, otherwise > it's like trying to race against a Ferrari with a mountain bike. My > productivity is shot all to hell, and I refuse to do that to myself. > > > Warm regards, > > Brandt Steenkamp > > Sent from the Slint machine using Thunderbird > > On 2022/01/17 03:05, Linux for blind general discussion 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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