I thought the same, but couldn't find it anywhere. If anyone can, please let me know where. Warm regards, Brandt Steenkamp Sent from my MacBook Air Contact: Phone: +27 (0)60 525 9181 <tel://+27605259181> Email: brandt.steenkamp@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:brandt.steenkamp@xxxxxxxxx> Twitter: @brandtsteenkamp <http://www.twitter.com/brandtsteenkamp> > On 18 Jan 2022, at 03:55, Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > 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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