Hi
I’ll second this, adding that I personally prefer the mate desktop, but either mate or gnome work equally well, and gnome has some online integration with services like google drive and iCloud that mate currently doesn’t have. The only thing that Linux does not do very well, and this is my own personal opinion is syncing apple media players like iPods and iPads, although it can be done with apps like gtkpod, gtkpod has some accessibility issues. Depending on your business Linux might serve you very well or it isn’t even an option. I will add that for most general business tasks, word processing, calendaring, email, web browsing Linux works well. As for viruses, you are extremely unlikely to get malware if you use software available from your local software app, like software boutique for ubuntu or the official repositories of whatever Linux distro you pick. It is still theoretically possible, but you have to work hard at it to manage it. Software package managers like apt verify packages with unique hashes and won’t allow you to install software that doesn’t match those hashes by default, though this can be worked around if needed, it’s not a good idea to do so unless you know what you’re doing. Opinions differ on orca’s suitability as a day to day screen reader, my personal opinion is that it works very well. It has bugs like all software does, some of them annoying, but joanie does a fantastic job, and not just of fixing orca bugs, but bugs in other pieces of accessibility software. Linux also has apps for other disabilities, like onboard on screen keyboard and magnifiers, the best integrated into the gnome desktop and the compiz window manager.
Thanks
Kendell Clark
Linux is safer then other operating systems, but it isn't virus free. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_malware
I find Gnome to be your most accessible option, but I do know Mate is a very popular desktop, especially among the blind.
On 05/07/2018 07:03 AM, Krishnakant Mane wrote:
Hi,
Firstly, ubuntu or any GNU/Linux brand for that matter is virus free.
There is a lot of stability and ease of working.
You can try GNUKhata an accounting software if your business is big enough. <testing.gnukhata.in> will give you the live demo.
If the work is very small and you want a stand-alone software, you can try GNUCash, although I must warn that a lot of features are primitive/ missing.
Another thing about Ubuntu is that there is a lot of us who help people do their computing with total comfort.
Now a days a lot of huge and medium enterprises are using Ubuntu in their offices.
I would recommend using Ubuntu-mate 18.04 for best accessibility.
Spreadsheets are also working pretty much fine as far as accessibility is concerned.
You may have to spend a little while to learn Orca.
Things like alt for menus and cut copy paste shortcuts are same.
Alt + f4 will close the application.
Most names of the menus in programs are also same.
So go ahead and feel those advantages for 0 cost!
happy hacking.
Krishnakant.
Hi,
I will soon be a business owner. I want to know the benefits of using Ubuntu 18.04 over Windows 10 for general business scenarios. What are the pros/cons? What is better from an accessibility perspective? What financial record keeping apps are accessible? What about presentations?
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