Re: ubuntu mait help

I didn't know you could even install linux on to mac mini's
Hank


On 9/11/2015 8:56 PM, Cheryl Homiak wrote:
> Okay I've learned my new thing for the day :-)
>
> I was booting it on an old intel mac mini that actually has debian on it but I'm not using orca on it now. I actually did get it to boot and I did discover that command-option-s got me screen reader is turned on" and "off". I'll probably play with it more later.
>
>> On Sep 11, 2015, at 9:52 PM, Christopher Chaltain <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> Super+alt+s means hold down the super key, the alt key and the s key all at the same time. The super key is also known as the Windows key.
>>
>> On 09/11/2015 08:09 PM, Cheryl Homiak wrote:
>>> Hmmm, maybe I was confused about the installer you are using or perhaps
>>> what I found was too old. In looking at debian accessibility there is
>>> reference to the gnome live cd and it does talk about starting orca. I'm
>>> pasting what it says (can't figure out what super-alt-s is!) and paste
>>> the link.
>>>
>>> The gnome liveCD has screen reader support. At the boot menu, one has to
>>> type enter (TODO: add beep). Then the desktop launches up (TODO: add
>>> beep), and one can press super-alt-s to start Orca.
>>>
>>>
>>> https://wiki.debian.org/accessibility
>>>
>>>
>>>> On Sep 11, 2015, at 7:54 PM, Cheryl Homiak <[email protected]
>>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Well, I went looking for this, partly because it seems you've gotten
>>>> no answer and partly because I have a frustrating situation with two
>>>> old computers with different wifi cards that can respond to a scan but
>>>> don't connect. I was thinking about trying the live cd in them to see
>>>> whether that would do wifi for either of these machines but frankly
>>>> this link below looks rather confusing so I don't know whether or not
>>>> I'll try it. I imagine you have already read this so it's probably not
>>>> helpful but it's all I've found so far.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Accessibility/doc/StartGuide
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Cheryl
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> On Sep 10, 2015, at 10:54 PM, Hank Smith, and Seeing-eye dog Iona
>>>>> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> xHello when launching the live cd
>>>>> when the drum sounds what is the proper command to turn orca on?
>>>>> tried control s
>>>>> tried
>>>>> alt control s
>>>>> also tried alt windows s
>>>>> nothing will turn it on.
>>>>> is there a trick to getthing this talking?
>>>>> I want to give ubuntu a try
>>>>> I gave up on sonar for the moment.
>>>>> Hank
>>>>>
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