Re: Getting Involved

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Ordering a gen 10 thinkpad x1 carbon with 16gb of ram, i7, 512gb NVME,
touch screen for 280$ should be an amazing little machine can't wait to
install arch on it!

On Tue, Jun 3, 2025 at 11:55=E2=80=AFPM Rob Whyte <[email protected]> wrot=
e:

> Good afternoon from Australia;
>
> I'm Rob and have been following this, I come from a vision impairement
> perspective.
>
> This is all very interesting and I thoroughly enjoyed the Youtube
> presentation, I also have been involved in Vinux distro for vision
> impaired though it has become stale in past several years.
>
> My daily driver is nix either Freebsd or Debian dirivitives.
>
> Due to tennis elbow/RSI I use a combination of Kenesis keyboard, foot
> switch, screen reader and at work Dragon at times.
>
> What ever happened to Simon software that was about for a long time on ni=
x?
>
>
> I'd be interested in sharing further TTS options for those that prefer
> more treditional voices suxh as Eloquence on Linux availabel through
> Oralux.
>
>
> What was the IRC channel, I missed it in the thread/  My handle on IRC
> is Fudge.
>
>
> Thank you all, will be following along.
>
> Rob Whyte
>
> 73
>
> On 4/6/25 17:48, Benson Muite wrote:
> > On Wed, Jun 4, 2025, at 10:31 AM, Bridger Reed-Lewis wrote:
> >> Oh, I guess this is a question for the both of you. I prefer Arch
> >> linux with KDE, what's your opinion on that, are there any
> disadvantages? I
> >> know they get updates a little less often, I just know packages and
> >> applications can be installed manually if needed.
> >>
> > There is a page on the Arch wiki:
> > https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/KDE
> >
> > You may want to contact the maintainers for the metapackage:
> > https://archlinux.org/packages/kde-unstable/any/plasma-meta/
> > They both maintain many packages, but may be better able to
> > advise on this and on community communication channels.
>

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<div dir=3D"ltr">Ordering a gen 10 thinkpad x1 carbon with 16gb of ram, i7,=
 512gb NVME, touch screen for 280$ should be an amazing little machine can&=
#39;t wait to install arch on it!=C2=A0</div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote =
gmail_quote_container"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Tue, Jun 3,=
 2025 at 11:55=E2=80=AFPM Rob Whyte &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]=
t">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_qu=
ote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,20=
4);padding-left:1ex">Good afternoon from Australia;<br>
<br>
I&#39;m Rob and have been following this, I come from a vision impairement =
<br>
perspective.<br>
<br>
This is all very interesting and I thoroughly enjoyed the Youtube <br>
presentation, I also have been involved in Vinux distro for vision <br>
impaired though it has become stale in past several years.<br>
<br>
My daily driver is nix either Freebsd or Debian dirivitives.<br>
<br>
Due to tennis elbow/RSI I use a combination of Kenesis keyboard, foot <br>
switch, screen reader and at work Dragon at times.<br>
<br>
What ever happened to Simon software that was about for a long time on nix?=
<br>
<br>
<br>
I&#39;d be interested in sharing further TTS options for those that prefer =
<br>
more treditional voices suxh as Eloquence on Linux availabel through Oralux=
.<br>
<br>
<br>
What was the IRC channel, I missed it in the thread/=C2=A0 My handle on IRC=
 <br>
is Fudge.<br>
<br>
<br>
Thank you all, will be following along.<br>
<br>
Rob Whyte<br>
<br>
73<br>
<br>
On 4/6/25 17:48, Benson Muite wrote:<br>
&gt; On Wed, Jun 4, 2025, at 10:31 AM, Bridger Reed-Lewis wrote:<br>
&gt;&gt; Oh, I guess this is a question for the both of you. I prefer Arch<=
br>
&gt;&gt; linux with KDE, what&#39;s your opinion on that, are there any dis=
advantages? I<br>
&gt;&gt; know they get updates a little less often, I just know packages an=
d<br>
&gt;&gt; applications can be installed manually if needed.<br>
&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt; There is a page on the Arch wiki:<br>
&gt; <a href=3D"https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/KDE" rel=3D"noreferrer" ta=
rget=3D"_blank">https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/KDE</a><br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; You may want to contact the maintainers for the metapackage:<br>
&gt; <a href=3D"https://archlinux.org/packages/kde-unstable/any/plasma-meta=
/" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">https://archlinux.org/packages/kde-=
unstable/any/plasma-meta/</a><br>
&gt; They both maintain many packages, but may be better able to<br>
&gt; advise on this and on community communication channels.<br>
</blockquote></div>

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