Re: Windows vs Linux

2018-01-10 Thread AudioGames . net ForumOff-topic room : JaceK via Audiogames-reflector
Re: Windows vs Linux Ah the thing with the Broadcom drivers is this, they provide two different ones for LTS and current kernels, make sure you're installing the correct ones for your kernel typeAlsosince you're on Budgie do NOT update the system since it'll convert Budgie to QT which

Re: Windows vs Linux

2018-01-10 Thread AudioGames . net ForumOff-topic room : JaceK via Audiogames-reflector
Re: Windows vs Linux Neither of those are, AFAIK, accessible.Start with the ones I mentioned in my last post. I know for a fact that the Mate (and by extension Gnome) desktops work flawlessly with Orca. KDE as far as I'm aware, isn't accessible  easily, but don't quote me on that, I don't

Re: Any Windows 10 Users Experiencing Severe Slow Downs After Update

2018-01-09 Thread AudioGames . net ForumOff-topic room : JaceK via Audiogames-reflector
Re: Any Windows 10 Users Experiencing Severe Slow Downs After Update I did come across claims of 28-40% slowdown on som machines, so there you go...Quidsup mentioned it on his video that the slowdown may be significant for some machines.So there ya go. A 27-40% slowdownyeah, good job

Re: Wine, audiogames and SAPI. How do I...?

2018-01-09 Thread AudioGames . net ForumOff-topic room : JaceK via Audiogames-reflector
Re: Wine, audiogames and SAPI. How do I...? Nope, I just installed the speech SDK via winetricks and the dlls argument.Tried it on my 17.10 laptop and it did the same thing, I only installed the speechsdk file, it changed my whole session from a Mate to gnome (I'll assume fallback), so no

Re: Windows vs Linux

2018-01-10 Thread AudioGames . net ForumOff-topic room : JaceK via Audiogames-reflector
Re: Windows vs Linux For the RAM...8+ gigs of RAM for any VM if you got 16+ gigs IMOI'd say check companies who sell refurbished machines, I got my Vostro from  a tech firm in the UK that sells accessible tech (though why they sold me a top of the line gaming laptop for $450 is beyond

Re: Windows vs Linux

2018-01-10 Thread AudioGames . net ForumOff-topic room : JaceK via Audiogames-reflector
Re: Windows vs Linux Eh I dunno, If/when I get a new laptop I'll probably just get a cheap Dell I can throw a bigger HDD in or one of those portable machines.Also, I'm not the world's biggest fan of Ubuntu, simple because Solus is leaner, cleaner and doesn't have half the bloatware Ubuntu

Re: Lightweight Orca linux distros...any good ones?

2018-01-09 Thread AudioGames . net ForumOff-topic room : JaceK via Audiogames-reflector
Re: Lightweight Orca linux distros...any good ones? Just gonna necro this to say I came back to this topic to point out a few things1. Solus Mate is much, MUCH improved after a sudo eopkg update and is much much more useable now2. Seamonkey/Waterfox are lightweight browsers3. Orca in Solus

Re: Lightweight Orca linux distros...any good ones?

2018-01-18 Thread AudioGames . net ForumOff-topic room : JaceK via Audiogames-reflector
Re: Lightweight Orca linux distros...any good ones? In order1.1. I've had that exact same issue on the Ubiquity (or Ubuntu) installer with no idea how to fix it, it seems to be an Orca and general Linux issue unless I'm missing something here2. It should, I think be in the key mapping

Converting a jcink forum to punbb

2018-01-26 Thread AudioGames . net ForumOff-topic room : JaceK via Audiogames-reflector
Converting a jcink forum to punbb This is an odd question butsince this is a punBB forum, figured I'd askSo I got a jcink forum, I want to look into converting it to punbb as I find Pun easier to use, and I don't wanna lose any of the data. What's the easiest way to go about this

Re: Wine, audiogames and SAPI. How do I...?

2018-01-13 Thread AudioGames . net ForumOff-topic room : JaceK via Audiogames-reflector
Re: Wine, audiogames and SAPI. How do I...? Okay how did you do it and did you install both the SDK and the Sapi files, IIRC you have to install more than just the speechsdk URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=347351#p347351

Re: Lightweight Orca linux distros...any good ones?

2018-01-13 Thread AudioGames . net ForumOff-topic room : JaceK via Audiogames-reflector
Re: Lightweight Orca linux distros...any good ones? Alright...in no order1. For the timezone bit Restart the installer but this time check the find my location automatically box.2. It's mate-terminal in alt+F2, that caught me out too at first but I made a note of it, I just put a link

Re: Lightweight Orca linux distros...any good ones?

2018-01-14 Thread AudioGames . net ForumOff-topic room : JaceK via Audiogames-reflector
Re: Lightweight Orca linux distros...any good ones? It's in network/netowrk connections under the menu, at least it was there for me once I checked on my laptop earlier.Wifi seems pretty stable so far, no random disconnects here. Also glad you got it installed. Don't forget you can do snap

Re: Lightweight Orca linux distros...any good ones?

2018-01-13 Thread AudioGames . net ForumOff-topic room : JaceK via Audiogames-reflector
Re: Lightweight Orca linux distros...any good ones? Not sure on that one then, I didn't have any issues installing on actual hardware here, and I left the bootloader box to whatever it was on a fresh install, checked I believe by default.Okay that's odd about the installer as for me on my

Re: Lightweight Orca linux distros...any good ones?

2018-01-12 Thread AudioGames . net ForumOff-topic room : JaceK via Audiogames-reflector
Re: Lightweight Orca linux distros...any good ones? @26: Solus (the OS) is an independent distro from the ground up,  that's amazingly good, comes in Gnome/Mate/Budgie flavorsand I'd say Gnome or Mate. Budgie's moving to QT so that sort of broke for me after an

Re: Lightweight Orca linux distros...any good ones?

2018-01-14 Thread AudioGames . net ForumOff-topic room : JaceK via Audiogames-reflector
Re: Lightweight Orca linux distros...any good ones? Okay it should use your actual computer's internet for the VM.Try downloading a fresh image for the Solus Mate, I had to do that to get my USB stick to install on both my machines, so it may just be a bad download.For the curl error did

Re: Converting a jcink forum to punbb

2018-01-26 Thread AudioGames . net ForumOff-topic room : JaceK via Audiogames-reflector
Re: Converting a jcink forum to punbb Jcink is a forum hosting provider, and it uses a modified, HEAVILY modified IPB 1.3, because...I dunno why, but I want to take that SQL DB and move it off of Jcink and over to another hosting. Basically...ya, I want to keep the data and such, switch

Re: Windows vs Linux

2018-01-09 Thread AudioGames . net ForumOff-topic room : JaceK via Audiogames-reflector
Re: Windows vs Linux Okay you got a few ways to get into Linux1. Virtual machines. This is probably the easiest way, get VMWare or VirtualBox and a Linux ISO and set up the VM2. Actually making a bootable ISO and installing Linux on your physical systemFor the second one you'll need to

Re: The Hidden Meanings Of Songs?

2018-01-26 Thread AudioGames . net ForumOff-topic room : JaceK via Audiogames-reflector
Re: The Hidden Meanings Of Songs? Okay here we go1. Imagine by John Lennon is, essentially, the Communist manifesto2. Evry Breath you Takestalking song3. Ticket to Ride is about prostitutes in Hamburg4. Blackbird is about racial inequality in 60s USA5. Closing Time is about

Re: The Hidden Meanings Of Songs?

2018-01-27 Thread AudioGames . net ForumOff-topic room : JaceK via Audiogames-reflector
Re: The Hidden Meanings Of Songs? Also this:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6iK5zWQRgQThanks, WatchMojo. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=349598#p349598 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list

Re: The Hidden Meanings Of Songs?

2018-01-27 Thread AudioGames . net ForumOff-topic room : JaceK via Audiogames-reflector
Re: The Hidden Meanings Of Songs? Here's the video I was going to put in here earlier:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ziEsZSVJ1s URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=349597#p349597 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list

Re: The Hidden Meanings Of Songs?

2018-01-27 Thread AudioGames . net ForumOff-topic room : JaceK via Audiogames-reflector
Re: The Hidden Meanings Of Songs? Okay one more song meaning, and this is one that amuses me, it's covered in the videos I posted up there...but Ironic by Alanis Morisette...contains no irony. Which is itself ironic. Well played then. I like stuff like that, but @Dark: Speaking of the

Re: The Hidden Meanings Of Songs?

2018-01-27 Thread AudioGames . net ForumOff-topic room : JaceK via Audiogames-reflector
Re: The Hidden Meanings Of Songs? The two links were to a pair of WatchMojo videos about song meanings everyone gets wrong.I wouldn't say Don McLean's American Pie is really a hidden meaning. Vincent, now that's a different story...the one that goes starry starry nightyeah that's a

Re: Linux assistance center

2018-02-12 Thread AudioGames . net ForumOff-topic room : JaceK via Audiogames-reflector
Re: Linux assistance center Ack, well there goes my hope for Mint's flgship DE to be useable...admittedly Mint Mate is okay but...it's Mate.I can't. I just can't go back to a distro without the Brisk menu. That's a godsend really, the Brisk menu, hit super/windows key, menu comes up

Re: Linux assistance center

2018-02-12 Thread AudioGames . net ForumOff-topic room : JaceK via Audiogames-reflector
Re: Linux assistance center You referring to Ubuntu Budgie or Solus Budgie as I've got Orca to work with Budgie last year, however any sort of updates completely broke it, so there's that...but out of the box, at least for Solus it did actually work with Orca for a few months thenthe

Re: Linux assistance center

2018-02-12 Thread AudioGames . net ForumOff-topic room : JaceK via Audiogames-reflector
Re: Linux assistance center Okay, questionFor Mate, I use Solus which has its own super key menu (and useful, too)Can I hide the alt F1 menu in Mate, but keep the tray with the clock, battery status etc? If so, what's the easiest way to do it? I never use the alt F1 menu any more, but

Re: Linux assistance center

2018-02-12 Thread AudioGames . net ForumOff-topic room : JaceK via Audiogames-reflector
Re: Linux assistance center One more:Any truth to the rumors of making Cinnamon Orca friendly? I've heard bits of rumors every so often. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=351845#p351845 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list

Re: Linux assistance center

2018-02-13 Thread AudioGames . net ForumOff-topic room : JaceK via Audiogames-reflector
Re: Linux assistance center Gnome 3? No, Just no, personallyI like the idea, but.it's unwieldy, it's confusing at.at least here on my laptop, it's not actually that Orca friendly. I'm talking about the latest Gnome 3.2X versionsLXDEis intriguing but...ya know, Orca

Re: Bye bye, firefox

2018-02-17 Thread AudioGames . net ForumOff-topic room : JaceK via Audiogames-reflector
Re: Bye bye, firefox at, 2.49 just works outta the box on Windows/Linux here and is a great little browser. nSeamonkey, it just works, and is a less system inensive version of FF.I never got any warnings about FF and at least on Linux/Solus here it just works out of the box for me with

Re: If there would be a way for getting your sight back, would you do it?

2018-02-20 Thread AudioGames . net ForumOff-topic room : JaceK via Audiogames-reflector
Re: If there would be a way for getting your sight back, would you do it? Okay yeah posed the question to a blind guy I was at high school with. This is his reply, paraphrased...let's call him Bob for this instance:No because I'd have to give up my free housing and my freee stuff I get on

Re: Linux assistance center

2018-02-21 Thread AudioGames . net ForumOff-topic room : JaceK via Audiogames-reflector
Re: Linux assistance center Do this1. Hit Alt F2Hit backspace until you heer a sound3. Type in orca --replaceThis restarts Orca, if you get no sound try it again, at times running 3.26 I have to do that if Orca dies on me.4. Super+alt+S doesn't work for every distro, but alt+f2 Orca

Re: If there would be a way for getting your sight back, would you do it?

2018-02-20 Thread AudioGames . net ForumOff-topic room : JaceK via Audiogames-reflector
Re: If there would be a way for getting your sight back, would you do it? @92: For me at least, sweeping the ane around tripped people, the long ass canes that is sweeping them across an entire corridor for instance, it's easy if you're walking a certain way to get that cane caught up in

Re: If there would be a way for getting your sight back, would you do it?

2018-02-18 Thread AudioGames . net ForumOff-topic room : JaceK via Audiogames-reflector
Re: If there would be a way for getting your sight back, would you do it? @Flakkers: 99% of people are decent. Had my own crowbar moment, though in my case it was a knife wielding tough guy in, yes, Boston of all places. I went to the south side, which in retrospect wasn't smartbut

Re: If there would be a way for getting your sight back, would you do it?

2018-02-19 Thread AudioGames . net ForumOff-topic room : JaceK via Audiogames-reflector
Re: If there would be a way for getting your sight back, would you do it? For meno. I've had mostly, say, 99% positive interactions with people in general outside of social services/advocacy groups which have been extremely, EXTREMELY negative in their attitudes and perceptions. If

Re: If there would be a way for getting your sight back, would you do it?

2018-02-18 Thread AudioGames . net ForumOff-topic room : JaceK via Audiogames-reflector
Re: If there would be a way for getting your sight back, would you do it? Okay that's to my mind more creepy than somebody out and out threatening you thoughAlso yes at least here had some really crappy VI staf and some brilliant ones that had their hands tied by the system

Re: If there would be a way for getting your sight back, would you do it?

2018-02-18 Thread AudioGames . net ForumOff-topic room : JaceK via Audiogames-reflector
Re: If there would be a way for getting your sight back, would you do it? I was thinking for a moment you were referring to the Milgram experiment Flakkers, aka  the shock somebody i you're told to onebut no, a better or at least as good analogy or experiment would be the monster

Re: If there would be a way for getting your sight back, would you do it?

2018-02-18 Thread AudioGames . net ForumOff-topic room : JaceK via Audiogames-reflector
Re: If there would be a way for getting your sight back, would you do it? ...did we have the same mobility instructor I wonder? Seriously, I managed too nearly castrate myself several times with the long cane, damn thing got caught under my legs the whole time. Also carrots? No, no, Try

Re: If there would be a way for getting your sight back, would you do it?

2018-02-18 Thread AudioGames . net ForumOff-topic room : JaceK via Audiogames-reflector
Re: If there would be a way for getting your sight back, would you do it? I'm still on the fence about would I want sight backOn the one hand, I would. On he other hand...I still wouldn't. I would so I could do more stuff, get back to horse riding, read books etcetra, on the other hand

Re: Suggestions for a New Laptop?

2018-02-18 Thread AudioGames . net ForumOff-topic room : JaceK via Audiogames-reflector
Re: Suggestions for a New Laptop? To add to my previous postI'd argue that yes, you do need a backup of some sort, be it an external HD, cloud (yah right?) or a backup OS like I suggested, I'm personally in favor of a backup OS because 1. Having another OS on your system is useful for

Re: Linux information for a completely blind user with a verry old laptop

2018-02-18 Thread AudioGames . net ForumOff-topic room : JaceK via Audiogames-reflector
Re: Linux information for a completely blind user with a verry old laptop @6: My Dell Vostro i7 laptop ran into the same issues with Ubuntu, to be fair I got about 3-4GB of RAM on here and Solus runs smooth as anything with the Mate desktop, give it a try, I've not run into any lagginess

Re: If there would be a way for getting your sight back, would you do it?

2018-02-20 Thread AudioGames . net ForumOff-topic room : JaceK via Audiogames-reflector
Re: If there would be a way for getting your sight back, would you do it? Speaking of remote startbecause everyone needs a snarky Ron Pearlman momen. I'll just leave this 1000 Ways To Die clip here to illustrate how not to start a car...enjoy the

Re: If there would be a way for getting your sight back, would you do it?

2018-02-20 Thread AudioGames . net ForumOff-topic room : JaceK via Audiogames-reflector
Re: If there would be a way for getting your sight back, would you do it? I'll check and for me, at least I prefer my chosen distro because it just works. No need to go download any programs, just enable Orca once logged into the Mate desktop and go, it works fine with the stuff provided,

Re: If there would be a way for getting your sight back, would you do it?

2018-02-20 Thread AudioGames . net ForumOff-topic room : JaceK via Audiogames-reflector
Re: If there would be a way for getting your sight back, would you do it? @106:Disagree, for the most part cars have gotten easier to start, consider 50 years ago you had to pu out the choke, kepe a foot on the brake, other on the clutch, hold the key turned in the ignition and make sure

Re: If there would be a way for getting your sight back, would you do it?

2018-02-20 Thread AudioGames . net ForumOff-topic room : JaceK via Audiogames-reflector
Re: If there would be a way for getting your sight back, would you do it? Also, Braille, I thought I sent you a PM but not sure if it went through though given how FF 58 hates punBB boards (at least with the DuckDuckGo privacy addon and an ad blocker) so yeah not sure what's going on with

Re: If there would be a way for getting your sight back, would you do it?

2018-02-19 Thread AudioGames . net ForumOff-topic room : JaceK via Audiogames-reflector
Re: If there would be a way for getting your sight back, would you do it? @Braille:That happens though even if you don't remember it...okay maybe not so much now for the user guide stuff but certainly 10+ years ago when everything had printed manuals.which is one thing I miss about

Re: If there would be a way for getting your sight back, would you do it?

2018-02-20 Thread AudioGames . net ForumOff-topic room : JaceK via Audiogames-reflector
Re: If there would be a way for getting your sight back, would you do it? Blind people were downtrodden in 1900? Yes. Because society was different then, you had a very religious perspective on the world, you had several different strains of Christianity in the US, and you had a smaller US

Re: Linux assistance center

2018-02-22 Thread AudioGames . net ForumOff-topic room : JaceK via Audiogames-reflector
Re: Linux assistance center Okay you're probably using Unity then, try grabbing an Ubuntu Mate copy and doing the steps I mentioned above. FWIW Unity was spotty with sound, it could be that the desktop is doing something to yo sound card. I'd say try another distro and check if that fixes

Re: If there would be a way for getting your sight back, would you do it?

2018-02-24 Thread AudioGames . net ForumOff-topic room : JaceK via Audiogames-reflector
Re: If there would be a way for getting your sight back, would you do it? But that doesn't apply to absolutely everyone, that's just his opinion though. Yes he thinks like that BUT that isn't the only view or opinion out there however, for everyone who thinks like that, there's another

Re: If there would be a way for getting your sight back, would you do it?

2018-02-24 Thread AudioGames . net ForumOff-topic room : JaceK via Audiogames-reflector
Re: If there would be a way for getting your sight back, would you do it? Surely filming the NFB would qualify as a low budget horror movie? Just curious if you're planning to make it an indie arthouse film Nah see my previous posts on the first few pages about my run ins with the NFB and

Re: If there would be a way for getting your sight back, would you do it?

2018-02-24 Thread AudioGames . net ForumOff-topic room : JaceK via Audiogames-reflector
Re: If there would be a way for getting your sight back, would you do it? Also to add to yer point about the NFB members being againsthere's  a short list of things they are against:EverythingWell everything bar being 'independent'Guy I know out in RI who works with a band I'm friends

Re: Linux information for a completely blind user with a verry old laptop

2018-02-23 Thread AudioGames . net ForumOff-topic room : JaceK via Audiogames-reflector
Re: Linux information for a completely blind user with a verry old laptop For those, or Solus,or any with an installer its very very simple URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=353575#p353575 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing

Re: Linux information for a completely blind user with a verry old laptop

2018-02-22 Thread AudioGames . net ForumOff-topic room : JaceK via Audiogames-reflector
Re: Linux information for a completely blind user with a verry old laptop @Angel:Here, try this. It's an easy to install Arch with things set up:http://download.sonargnulinux.com/To beb fair, Nuno stuff like Zorin isn't bad but that's chopping bits of of Ubuntu, Ubuntu by itself

Re: If there would be a way for getting your sight back, would you do it?

2018-02-21 Thread AudioGames . net ForumOff-topic room : JaceK via Audiogames-reflector
Re: If there would be a way for getting your sight back, would you do it? There's a huge difference between buying cheap stuff because you're on a small paycheck or food stamps for instance, so you have to be cheap to make the most of what you have, versus being cheap when you can afforrd

Re: If there would be a way for getting your sight back, would you do it?

2018-02-20 Thread AudioGames . net ForumOff-topic room : JaceK via Audiogames-reflector
Re: If there would be a way for getting your sight back, would you do it? Yeah cars were simpler in the 70s/80s and up until the early/mid 2000s at least.Also something I wanted to touch on, re: depressionI'd argue it's not depression on its own, I'd argue that hey, those services/social

Re: If there would be a way for getting your sight back, would you do it?

2018-02-20 Thread AudioGames . net ForumOff-topic room : JaceK via Audiogames-reflector
Re: If there would be a way for getting your sight back, would you do it? @122:Somehow the show gets funnier once Ron freaking Pearlman, aka Hellboy took over narratingI'm posting and rewatching season 1 and thoroughly entertained. Spoiler. It's all on Youtube, so you guys who want to

Re: Bye bye, firefox

2018-02-18 Thread AudioGames . net ForumOff-topic room : JaceK via Audiogames-reflector
Re: Bye bye, firefox I was going to say Seamonkey, 2.49 works fine here.Also Mac? No, I don't think so.I don't know why everyone's saying FF isn't accessible, I'm posting from it right now, it't certainly is. Plus NVDA devs are working with Mozilla to figure out what to do. Also maybe it's

Re: Linux information for a completely blind user with a verry old laptop

2018-02-18 Thread AudioGames . net ForumOff-topic room : JaceK via Audiogames-reflector
Re: Linux information for a completely blind user with a verry old laptop @2:Orca breaks? Maybe it's my distro choice (Solus Mate) but that doesn't break at all, Ubuntu 16.04/17.10 are useable, Mate desktop is where it's at really, I'd say try either Solus Mate or Ubuntu Mate. Ubuntu Mate

Re: If there would be a way for getting your sight back, would you do it?

2018-02-19 Thread AudioGames . net ForumOff-topic room : JaceK via Audiogames-reflector
Re: If there would be a way for getting your sight back, would you do it? I do think this issue of entitlement is one sided though. Yes, sighted people can be pushy and entitled but so can blind people. I'd even argue blind people are more entitled and arrogant and pushy than sighed people

Re: poll. New virtual state

2018-02-18 Thread AudioGames . net ForumOff-topic room : JaceK via Audiogames-reflector
Re: poll. New virtual state @7::The Dutch, Spanish, French and others did the exact same thing (imperialism and conquests), for instance the Spanish conquests with the conquistadors, and the African tribes willingly sold their own people into slavery for decades before the European

Re: If there would be a way for getting your sight back, would you do it?

2018-02-18 Thread AudioGames . net ForumOff-topic room : JaceK via Audiogames-reflector
Re: If there would be a way for getting your sight back, would you do it? @10: I agree and disagree. Personally, if I'm...say out for a meal I usually* get the wait staff helping me out once they notice my cane and such, I've had cleaning staff help me out if i'm...say in a store and they

Re: Suggestions for a New Laptop?

2018-02-18 Thread AudioGames . net ForumOff-topic room : JaceK via Audiogames-reflector
Re: Suggestions for a New Laptop? If you want a decent laptop...I'd say get one from a brand you trust. MyDell Vostro hasn't let me down, but I had nothing but trouble with an Acer (hard drive went) and a Toshiba (headphone jack died)I'd even suggest if you feel up to it, getting an older

Re: If there would be a way for getting your sight back, would you do it?

2018-02-18 Thread AudioGames . net ForumOff-topic room : JaceK via Audiogames-reflector
Re: If there would be a way for getting your sight back, would you do it? Would I?Yes, and noOr: It depends entirely on whethera. The sight I'd get back is decentb) If it'd degrade over timeSoin short, mark me down as neutral URL:

Re: If there would be a way for getting your sight back, would you do it?

2018-02-19 Thread AudioGames . net ForumOff-topic room : JaceK via Audiogames-reflector
Re: If there would be a way for getting your sight back, would you do it? I think it's sevral things Jeff.One: The obvious argument, you stick out with, say a wheelchair or a cane or somethinghowever that leads to a related if tangential pointwhy certain disabilities are more

Re: join the new blind fun zone forum and have, well, fun

2018-02-23 Thread AudioGames . net ForumOff-topic room : JaceK via Audiogames-reflector
Re: join the new blind fun zone forum and have, well, fun Er...the one I linked, the Sonar IS based off of Antergos however isn't it? DId you check the ISO in a VM first before saying that? URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=353474#p353474

Re: Linux information for a completely blind user with a verry old laptop

2018-02-23 Thread AudioGames . net ForumOff-topic room : JaceK via Audiogames-reflector
Re: Linux information for a completely blind user with a verry old laptop Hold on I thought the one I linked to was based on Antergos though. I'veheard out of the box Antergos itself isn't accesssible hence why I suggested Sonarr.Or Solus Mate, eventhat works amazingly well with no

Re: If there would be a way for getting your sight back, would you do it?

2018-02-25 Thread AudioGames . net ForumOff-topic room : JaceK via Audiogames-reflector
Re: If there would be a way for getting your sight back, would you do it? To answer the point about the book series.Got in touch with the author after I posted that to clarify. Here's the CLiffs Notes version:1. The character in question is written a certain way for plot and character

Re: Windows vs Linux

2018-01-12 Thread AudioGames . net ForumOff-topic room : JaceK via Audiogames-reflector
Re: Windows vs Linux Tips:1. Keep your system up to date2. Don't be afraid to customize your system how you like it3.  Windows key gets you the same menu as in the Budgie onebut you probably already found that oneFor the Windows onethere's a command to get  GRUB to check what you

Re: Lightweight Orca linux distros...any good ones?

2018-01-22 Thread AudioGames . net ForumOff-topic room : JaceK via Audiogames-reflector
Re: Lightweight Orca linux distros...any good ones? 1. Yes it is possible, alt+f2 and type either orca or orca --replace and it works. I had it working on 17.10 but I haven't tried 7.10.1Orca is baked into the gnome acessibility stack, so it's in by default. Mate works fine with Ora,

Re: You can now use your preferred screen reader (NVDA, JAWS) on Linux.

2018-03-07 Thread AudioGames . net ForumOff-topic room : JaceK via Audiogames-reflector
Re: You can now use your preferred screen reader (NVDA, JAWS) on Linux. Did they ever fix the whole it only uses the Windows filesystem part mind for WSL? Also I'd rather personally just use Linux on a machine, or a flavor of URL:

Re: Linux assistance center

2018-03-08 Thread AudioGames . net ForumOff-topic room : JaceK via Audiogames-reflector
Re: Linux assistance center So since I got told, flat out, Antergos was easier to use than Manjarothat's bullshit. Yes, Antergos has Orca in by defaultBUT having installd the Mate desktop.a crapton of stuff isn't being picked up by Orca that runs fineon other distros with the

Re: ubuntu mate, orca, and skype

2018-04-04 Thread AudioGames . net ForumOff-topic room : JaceK via Audiogames-reflector
Re: ubuntu mate, orca, and skype For desktops...Try the Zorin distro, it has its own desktop that is a more easy to use Gnome. Gnome itself, at least for me, works fine on my laptop, I know people have bitched about it not being accssible but at least on the version I have I ain't run into

Re: ubuntu mate, orca, and skype

2018-04-07 Thread AudioGames . net ForumOff-topic room : JaceK via Audiogames-reflector
Re: ubuntu mate, orca, and skype Antergos, it comes with Gnome by default but you can install a lot  of desktop environments with the installer and it's very easy to get going, that's what I'm using on my laptop.Not Arch but try Solus Mate, that's another choice but not blding edge

Re: Bookworms: what are you reading/listening to now?

2018-04-07 Thread AudioGames . net ForumOff-topic room : JaceK via Audiogames-reflector
Re: Bookworms: what are you reading/listening to now? Also currently reading through the Dresden Files, since one of my friends won't quit telling me toyeah, that's anothr good series.Also going through the Highlander books, very, very good URL:

Re: an accessible method to earn a little extra income

2018-04-10 Thread AudioGames . net ForumOff-topic room : JaceK via Audiogames-reflector
Re: an accessible method to earn a little extra income #Accomadating disabled people is not a magic cure all though. It costs a lot of money and time and did you ever thing the rest of the workforce may well resent the time and money and changes to the workplace though? That happens. Plus

Re: ubuntu mate, orca, and skype

2018-04-08 Thread AudioGames . net ForumOff-topic room : JaceK via Audiogames-reflector
Re: ubuntu mate, orca, and skype To be fair alt+super+S doesn't seem* to work on most* Mate based sitros. It does however work fine on Gnome.* The ones I've tried with Mate that is,  Solus, Antergos, Ubuntu and so on don't work with the alt+super+S combo at least hereHave you tried

Re: ubuntu mate, orca, and skype

2018-04-08 Thread AudioGames . net ForumOff-topic room : JaceK via Audiogames-reflector
Re: ubuntu mate, orca, and skype Yep Gnome's what I'm running on my laptop and it works fine here, I'd argue install Gnome, then Mate once you know the system's installed fine and pick which one you like best. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=358750#p358750 --

Re: an accessible method to earn a little extra income

2018-04-08 Thread AudioGames . net ForumOff-topic room : JaceK via Audiogames-reflector
Re: an accessible method to earn a little extra income You actually would trust a blind bartender? That'sbrave of ya! I like my drinks in myhand, not over me. If I want to  spill my drink, that's on me, ya knowalso nono, I said this in another topic but I'd have to catch up with

Re: ubuntu mate, orca, and skype

2018-04-08 Thread AudioGames . net ForumOff-topic room : JaceK via Audiogames-reflector
Re: ubuntu mate, orca, and skype It'll show up a notification about the package manager and say X updates available URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=358733#p358733 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com

Re: ubuntu mate, orca, and skype

2018-04-08 Thread AudioGames . net ForumOff-topic room : JaceK via Audiogames-reflector
Re: ubuntu mate, orca, and skype @Mason:Open terminal, do sudo pacman -S gnomeThat installs the whole Gnome stuff so you can try Gnome out too alongside Mate URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=358751#p358751 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list

Re: an accessible method to earn a little extra income

2018-04-10 Thread AudioGames . net ForumOff-topic room : JaceK via Audiogames-reflector
Re: an accessible method to earn a little extra income No it's not  just for that industry. You can't magically snap your fingers and suddenly 'accomdate' disabled people ina  workplace instantly. It takes time and effort and money, it takes a company taking, say, an office out of use to

Re: ubuntu mate, orca, and skype

2018-04-04 Thread AudioGames . net ForumOff-topic room : JaceK via Audiogames-reflector
Re: ubuntu mate, orca, and skype @Mason:No, in Firefox you can trick Skype to think you're on Chrome by changing the user agent, you just need a hrome user agent string and to do a bit of tweaking in about:config in FFZorin's Ubuntu based so it uses apt as well, though I'm not sure if

Re: Bookworms: what are you reading/listening to now?

2018-04-04 Thread AudioGames . net ForumOff-topic room : JaceK via Audiogames-reflector
Re: Bookworms: what are you reading/listening to now? Currently rereading the Divergent books again and starting on the Psi Changeling books here URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=358266#p358266 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list

Re: Bookworms: what are you reading/listening to now?

2018-04-05 Thread AudioGames . net ForumOff-topic room : JaceK via Audiogames-reflector
Re: Bookworms: what are you reading/listening to now? Nope, Nalini Singh wrote the Psy/Changeling ones I'm on about, they're very, very interesting.Mazerunner's also good but oddly I like the films more myself, but the Hunger Gamesno no. If you want the granddaddy of a genre,

Re: ubuntu mate, orca, and skype

2018-04-08 Thread AudioGames . net ForumOff-topic room : JaceK via Audiogames-reflector
Re: ubuntu mate, orca, and skype If you originally installed Mate with Antergos then installed Gnome after from the terminal you can switch between desktops at will, IIRCI'll PM ya my Skype, I need to figure out why MS broke it so, so much really. URL:

Re: blind characters in games of any media, present and discuss.

2018-04-08 Thread AudioGames . net ForumOff-topic room : JaceK via Audiogames-reflector
Re: blind characters in games of any media, present and discuss. But media in general, at least books etc are escapism, fantasy if you will, it's supposed to pull you out of every day life if you pick up a romance novel. Same for comics and movies based on comics though. Daredevil was

Re: ubuntu mate, orca, and skype

2018-04-07 Thread AudioGames . net ForumOff-topic room : JaceK via Audiogames-reflector
Re: ubuntu mate, orca, and skype Also yes, by default it goes into a Gnome desktop environment, so yes just hit super+alt+s to get Orca going, and from there, super and type install and tab over to install Antergos, go from there. URL:

Re: ubuntu mate, orca, and skype

2018-04-07 Thread AudioGames . net ForumOff-topic room : JaceK via Audiogames-reflector
Re: ubuntu mate, orca, and skype It is, you get an option to install one of six desktops initially and with Arch you can install others later on. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=358705#p358705 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list

Re: ubuntu mate, orca, and skype

2018-04-04 Thread AudioGames . net ForumOff-topic room : JaceK via Audiogames-reflector
Re: ubuntu mate, orca, and skype For the first one...I have the mate desktop (not Ubuntu specific)  on an Arch instal, though I've always had issues with Ubuntu's implementation of Mate.Second point.you need a Chrome useragent for Firefox.Google how to do an eyes free install of

Re: ubuntu mate, orca, and skype

2018-04-04 Thread AudioGames . net ForumOff-topic room : JaceK via Audiogames-reflector
Re: ubuntu mate, orca, and skype "Herz:Yes but that doesn't come with any of the Google API keys built in, if you're going to do that you have to launch Chromium with the --enable-speech-dispatcher flag so it runs via speech-d, and the Google voices don't work at all, there's some debate

Re: ubuntu mate, orca, and skype

2018-04-04 Thread AudioGames . net ForumOff-topic room : JaceK via Audiogames-reflector
Re: ubuntu mate, orca, and skype For Chromeread this:https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searc … Ui3a-kTnMJGrab that file, put it in /opt/google/chrome/extensions and start Chrome.Skype itself is amazingly broken on the web however with godawful audio quality and then some, at least on

Re: Linux assistance center

2018-03-03 Thread AudioGames . net ForumOff-topic room : JaceK via Audiogames-reflector
Re: Linux assistance center Okay guys, I'm running into a weird issue here. Got told to try Antergos. So I grabbed the ISO. Used DD to make the bootable ISO.Plug it in, nope, failed to load things. So.it's an 8gig stick, here's the weird thingManjaro loads flawlessly on the same

Re: Linux assistance center

2018-03-03 Thread AudioGames . net ForumOff-topic room : JaceK via Audiogames-reflector
Re: Linux assistance center Already did, with the same end result, it failed to boot, and it's the latest ISo from Antergos themselves.Amusingly, Manjaro works  fine no problem with DD or any other method, Ubuntu works fine with DD and its derivatives, so I'm not sure why Antergos gives me

Re: Linux information for a completely blind user with a verry old laptop

2018-02-27 Thread AudioGames . net ForumOff-topic room : JaceK via Audiogames-reflector
Re: Linux information for a completely blind user with a verry old laptop @John:Wrong, the Mate desktop is perfectly useable. The Arch installer Nuno linked to works fine. Ubuntu is perfectly useable.@Angel: Speaking of, if you want to try Ubuntu I'd say make sure you know what yer getting

Re: What Are You Dressing up as on Halloween

2018-11-01 Thread AudioGames . net ForumOff-topic room : JaceK via Audiogames-reflector
Re: What Are You Dressing up as on Halloween I didn't dress up. Intead I got interesting visitors.Dancing Jason with Thing 1 and 2.Pyramid Head and Freddy in a rap battle. A dog sled decked out like the cart from Monty Python telling people to bring out your dead. I did. I gave out the

Re: The unofficial, not endorsed by the staff AG.net drinking game

2018-11-09 Thread AudioGames . net ForumOff-topic room : JaceK via Audiogames-reflector
Re: The unofficial, not endorsed by the staff AG.net drinking game Also a fan of those.Simba suggested one shot per misspelled word. I'm just gona drink a whole kettle with my typing xD URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/post/392350/#p392350 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list

Re: The unofficial, not endorsed by the staff AG.net drinking game

2018-11-09 Thread AudioGames . net ForumOff-topic room : JaceK via Audiogames-reflector
Re: The unofficial, not endorsed by the staff AG.net drinking game Now that I can get behindd xD URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/post/392317/#p392317 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com

Re: The unofficial, not endorsed by the staff AG.net drinking game

2018-11-10 Thread AudioGames . net ForumOff-topic room : JaceK via Audiogames-reflector
Re: The unofficial, not endorsed by the staff AG.net drinking game Question. Does your sig count for shot purposes> I got my ketle. Bring it on XD URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/post/392446/#p392446 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com

Re: A question about forum software

2018-11-15 Thread AudioGames . net ForumOff-topic room : JaceK via Audiogames-reflector
Re: A question about forum software It depends what version of forum software really. PunBB and FLuxBB are lightweight and basic compared to some, SMF is okay, PhPBB3 is, if set up right, useable. Jcink/IPB is useable if you grab the accessible stuff on their suport forums.Forget Tapatalk.

Re: the number sign before eatch post.

2018-11-09 Thread AudioGames . net ForumOff-topic room : JaceK via Audiogames-reflector
Re: the number sign before eatch post. I don't gett that. I get#number username:#37 CConnor123 Today e.g. #37  14:21 heading level 3. No permanent link here over in Linux land. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/post/392185/#p392185 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list

Re: The unofficial, not endorsed by the staff AG.net drinking game

2018-11-09 Thread AudioGames . net ForumOff-topic room : JaceK via Audiogames-reflector
Re: The unofficial, not endorsed by the staff AG.net drinking game ...also, no, I'm not taking shots (har, see what I did thee?) at anyone. THis is all in jest. I got my lemon tea ready here. Bring it on, forum URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/post/392285/#p392285 --

Re: jc-hosting issues?

2018-12-29 Thread AudioGames . net ForumOff-topic room : JaceK via Audiogames-reflector
Re: jc-hosting issues? Wait, the Arch build, I assume you meant the image as the iso doing a Mate install didn't come with Kodi by default, thoughRelated question, I swear Kodi+screenreader+addons enabled was in the AUR, or if not, why isn't it? I thought I read somewhere there was a

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