With which distribution have you tried cinnamon? > On Apr 6, 2022, at 4:09 PM, Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > It's getting better and if memory serves is almost up with mate. > > > On Wed, 6 Apr 2022, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: > >> Is Cinnamon as good and accessible as Mate? If thaat's so, it's great then. >> >> On Wed, Apr 06, 2022 at 03:17:39PM -0400, Linux for blind general discussion >> wrote: >>> Cinnamon would qualify as a desktop and is supposed to be similar to mate >>> in operation. >>> >>> >>> On Wed, 6 Apr 2022, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: >>> >>>> Just pointing out that Ratpoison+Strychnine, IceWm, Openbox and others >>>> aren't >>>> exactly full desktops, but are pretty much just the window manager side of >>>> things. A full desktop would include at least one panel with system >>>> tray/notification area, app indicators such as the battery monitor and >>>> clock, >>>> most of the time a file manager that doubles as a root window desktop that >>>> can >>>> include launchers and mount points and an application menu or some other >>>> type >>>> of launcher that allows you to see the applications on the system and >>>> launch >>>> them, usually grouped into various categories. Strychnine does do some of >>>> this >>>> for Ratpoison, but it's pretty much just a launcher menu and run window >>>> type >>>> of thing. Many components that would make it a full desktop are still >>>> missing, >>>> although it is possible to run Caja or Nautilus and possibly either >>>> mate-panel >>>> or gnome-panel along with it for a more full desktop experience if desired. >>>> >>>> >>>> About the best full desktop experience I've used is GNOME 2.x, which is >>>> continued as the MATE desktop. Some panel applets don't necessarily speak >>>> as >>>> much as they should, for example, nm-applet, which is the network manager, >>>> only says "panel," but for the most part, everything just works and is >>>> navigable with only a keyboard, although I find Orca's "speak object under >>>> mouse" to be fairly useful at times as well. GNOME 3.x and 40+ is another >>>> option, but some things seem to be a little less usable than the MATE >>>> desktop >>>> overall. KDE is coming along, but is still in the early stages of a11y >>>> development, so although many things are starting to work pretty well, >>>> others >>>> are still not quite usable at this stage. For full desktops, the only other >>>> partially usable options are xfce, lxde and lxqt, and all of those seem to >>>> be >>>> getting a bit long in the tooth, and some of these are even starting to >>>> lose >>>> some of the accessibility they once had. So as full desktops go, my three >>>> best >>>> recommendations would be MATE, then GNOME, then KDE. And then there are the >>>> window managers that include keyboard navigation, Ratpoison+Strychnine >>>> probably being the best of those options, although I have heard that IceWM, >>>> Fluxbox and Openbox, as well as possibly i3, can also be made more usable >>>> with >>>> either helper applications or hand-edited configuration files. >>>> >>>> ~Kyle >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> 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 >>> >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > 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