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Re: [orca-list] help migrate a windows user to linux?

Windows 8 can be set to act exactly like windows 7.  There is no learning
curve.


Regards
Louis Maher
Phone 713-444-7838
E-mail ljmaher swbell net

-----Original Message-----
From: orca-list [mailto:orca-list-bounces gnome org] On Behalf Of B. Henry
Sent: Sunday, May 18, 2014 12:05 PM
To: orca-list gnome org
Subject: Re: [orca-list] help migrate a windows user to linux?

This does not sound like anything close to a remedy as the person in
question would have more of a learning curve with a tablet, and or win8 than
a Linux desktop such as mate.
A surface with real windows, not the low rent version is not cheap either.


On Sun, May 18, 2014 at 08:13:09AM -0500, Louis Maher wrote:

Folks,

I purchased a surface pro two with Windows 8.1.  It is a marvelous

machine.

Windows 8 is very good, and the surface pro two is very portable.

Highly recommended.


Regards
Louis Maher
Phone 713-444-7838
E-mail ljmaher swbell net

-----Original Message-----
From: orca-list [mailto:orca-list-bounces gnome org] On Behalf Of
covici ccs covici com
Sent: Sunday, May 18, 2014 4:48 AM
To: kendell clark
Cc: orca-list gnome org
Subject: Re: [orca-list] help migrate a windows user to linux?

Buy a windows 7 computer, this is what I would do.  You can get them I

know

through the business department at Dell, or many other sources.

kendell clark <coffeekingms gmail com> wrote:


hi
Well, when her current computer dies, she's going to need a new one. 
SHe doesn't want 8, and she doesn't want a mac, so linux is her only

option.

Plus, it'd make my life a whole lot easier, since I know a lot more 
about linux than I do about windows.


On 05/18/2014 03:51 AM, covici ccs covici com wrote:

Why do you want her to switch to linux at all?  Its not for some

people.


kendell clark <coffeekingms gmail com> wrote:


hi all
I have no idea if this is the right place to post this, and if not 
I apologize, but it's the only place I could think of. I'm trying 
to get my fiance, mellisa, to switch from win7 to linux, but she 
has refused until she can use most of the same apps for the same 
things. I'm writing to get advice on what to do, and possibly 
information on apps that are close to, if not identical to what 
she's using now. Her major hang ups are: 1, a daisy reader. You can 
currently open books up in firefox by pressing enter on the xml 
file, but it's not very intuitive, her words not mine, and she 
wants a daisy book app similar to fs reader. There are only 2 that 
I know of, one firefox addon called buttercup reader and an 
abandoned app called emerson. Emerson won't build, and I've had no 
luck getting anyone interested in either maintaining it or writing 
a new one. 2, mud client. There are quite a few for linux, but the 
best is probably tintin. The problem there is she's used to mush, 
which has a nice friendly gui, whereas tintin doesn't. She's also 
used to lots of nice sounds for all the spells, etc, which tintin 
has, but again, it's command line. I've thought about trying wine, 
but wine has no accessibility infrastructure that I know of, so 
unless I can get a windows screen reader running under wine that's

not

an option.  I thought about writing some sort of desktop file that would
launch tintin in a terminal connected to her mud of choice, but orca's
terminal support needs an overhall. It can sometimes skip entire lines of
text, or just a few words. 3, this one is really tricky. In windows, she

can

just open up the run dialog with windows+r and type in www.site.com. This

is

not currently possible in any desktop that I know of except mate. But in
mate, you have to type http://www.site.com, which she insists isn't good
enough. Does anyone know how in the world I could fix this? I've tried
explaining why linux works the way it does, but she's not that interested,
insisting I make it work as much like windows as possible. Her last is ie,
but she says she's willing to learn firefox. I've taken considerable time
customizing orca's shortcuts to make them as jaws and nvda like as I can,
but without a daisy reader and mud client she's holding back. Sorry for

the

long email, but I'm at the end of my rope.

SHe doesn't want a mac, and she doesn't want win 8, so linux is her

only option when she gets a new computer. 


Thanks
Kendell clark

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--
Your life is like a penny.  You're going to lose it.  The question is:
How do
you spend it?

         John Covici
         covici ccs covici com
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orca-list gnome org
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Visit http://live.gnome.org/Orca for more information on Orca.
The manual is at

http://library.gnome.org/users/gnome-access-guide/nightly/ats-2.html

The FAQ is at http://live.gnome.org/Orca/FrequentlyAskedQuestions
Log bugs and feature requests at http://bugzilla.gnome.org
Find out how to help at http://live.gnome.org/Orca/HowCanIHelp

_______________________________________________
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orca-list gnome org
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Visit http://live.gnome.org/Orca for more information on Orca.
The manual is at
http://library.gnome.org/users/gnome-access-guide/nightly/ats-2.html
The FAQ is at http://live.gnome.org/Orca/FrequentlyAskedQuestions
Log bugs and feature requests at http://bugzilla.gnome.org
Find out how to help at http://live.gnome.org/Orca/HowCanIHelp
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