I also very much suggest Ubuntu Mate. “ Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye.” ~ Helen Keller
> On Apr 30, 2021, at 4:53 PM, Linux for blind general discussion > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Matthew > > > > Are you looking for something witha GUI installer? If so, Ubuntu mate should > be good. Also, I am using fedora mate spin and is very accessinble. There > is also accessible accocanut which is based on ubuntu 20.jd. Also if you > want a text installer, slint is a very good choice. also debian is also > good. So, as you can see there are a few good choices avalible. > > > > Hi, > > > > >> On 4/30/2021 1:20 PM, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: >> Hello, >> >> >> I am a totally blind person and a LONG time Windows/Jaws/NVDA user. I am >> wondering what would be a recommendation for the best distro/GUI environment >> to begin using? I would love to be able to move away from Windows and use >> Linux full time for browsing, email, word processing and spreadsheets. I >> have a Thinkpad X220 that I can use for Linux. About 15 years ago, I played >> around with Venux, but that project seems to be dormant now. I have a Pi 3B+ >> running some ham radio software and I have to SSH into it occasionally and >> perform some command line stuff. For daily usage, I want a full GUI >> environment. >> >> >> Thanks in advance for any suggestions. >> >> >> John >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Blinux-list mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > [email protected] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list [email protected] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list
