From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-qy0-f177.google.com (mail-qy0-f177.google.com [209.85.216.177]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id C9884C1A118 for ; Tue, 27 Sep 2011 23:30:50 -0400 (EDT) Received: by qyk31 with SMTP id 31so7983674qyk.8 for ; Tue, 27 Sep 2011 20:30:52 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:mail-followup-to:references :mime-version:content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to :user-agent; bh=4ssoTd+Pveswz25RV2mkdMUBwtnb4/sZ9jdnNnZiDow=; b=dFa2kLt39r5wUtMa2KCPrIhdRWlEUqOVtNwQLM2hoyZfqj4u24XUQEGiX8O/+/nrBD 7dHQ51AD5yCXUW++mdFUdAe//eHgyhEeEVt6YBSSsnZ3NdQLzX8afSDN45qTduJOWNnB JI2w/McUgDpgjiKDNqlxU/MMY89+2naCJOwkQ= Received: by 10.229.66.67 with SMTP id m3mr3424215qci.181.1317180650933; Tue, 27 Sep 2011 20:30:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: from hittsjunk.net (195.sub-166-248-65.myvzw.com. [166.248.65.195]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id bw6sm19045369qab.16.2011.09.27.20.30.49 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Tue, 27 Sep 2011 20:30:49 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2011 22:30:43 -0500 From: Kenny Hitt To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: distributions for X Message-ID: <20110928033043.GA9834@hittsjunk.net> Mail-Followup-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca References: <000001cc7d7b$31261310$93723930$@org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <000001cc7d7b$31261310$93723930$@org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2011 03:30:50 -0000 Hi. Try a Ubutu live cd. Just follow the instructions to enable accessibility, and have fun. I'd say it's easy to get a gui setup running in Debian as well, but I've been running gnome for years now. This mail was written in a terminal window of my gnome session. Kenny On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 09:08:53PM -0400, Kelly Prescott wrote: > Can any one here give me information about which distributions work natively > best with the XWindows system? > I have used speakup and text for years, and dos terminals before that, but I > want to give the X screen readers a try to see how they are moving along. > Is there a out-of-the-box solution, or do I have to muck around with it. > You can reply off-list to me if you want. > Thanks. > -- Kelly Prescott > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup