Re: [orca-list] Measures to reduce Orca and Gnome crashes

[José Vilmar Estácio de Souza <vilmar informal com br>]

Hi Thomas,
Yes, I am aware of unity and its problems regarding accessibility.
By this reason I didn't upgrade to ubuntu 11 since I am using ubuntu in 
my job and at home.
Thanks.

On 12/30/2011 11:49 AM, Thomas Ward wrote:
> Hi José,
>
> I don't know if you are aware of this, but newer versions of Ubuntu
> don't ship with Gnome and instead use a desktop called Unity.
> Unfortunately, Unity isn't as accessible as Gnome so there really
> isn't a good answer for your question unless you want to use Unity 2D
> with newer versions of Orca. However, if you want an up to date copy
> of Gnome and still use Ubuntu you'll have to first install Ubuntu
> 11.10, and then install Gnome from the apt repository. Then, you have
> to configure Gnome to start after login etc. I can say from personal
> experience its something of a major hassle, and its for that reason
> I've dumped Ubuntu from my systems. Right now I am looking at either
> Arch or Fedora 16, but this business with Unity on Ubuntu has turned
> it into a distro to stay clear of.
>
> On 12/30/11, José Vilmar Estácio de Souza<vilmar informal com br>  wrote:
> > Hi joanie.
> >
> > To use the latest orca we need to update to a new version of ubuntu.
> > What version is recommended? 11.04 or 11.10?
> > Thanks and congratulations for your nice job with orca.
> > I wish you all a happy new year.