Keith Hinton wrote: > Pete: > I'm not sure if you read my message or not.
I read it. > My hardware at this time is not supported in Vinux. How do you know? > It is only supported in upstream Ubuntu as of 13.04 or later releases. I repeat, Vinux has a BACKPORTED kernel. That is, one transplanted from a newer release of Ubuntu - so that IT WILL SUPPORT MORE HARDWARE than Ubuntu 12.04 does. > What I was asking was how to get Orca up and going with Ubuntu's Live > system. If you are lucky; put the Vinux disc in the slot and turn the power on. > When I last used Ubuntu, back in the Gnome2.x days you would: > boot the media. > Press f5. > Hit 3 for screen reader. > Press enter. > So again my question is what is the best way to get Orca up and going > especially if using the Unity environment? *I* think that the best way is to find a distribution that works "out of the box", but you are free to do whatever you like. > Unity is completely different, from any of the Gnome2.x days. > And I thought I'd try Ubuntu 13.04, since my MacBookPro is supported. > But 12.04 is not listed, in fact no LTS release supports what I'm > trying to run Ubuntu on. > I use a MacBook Pro model 8,1. > For more details, please see this: > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MacBookPro > Scan down the page. You'll see when you enter 8,1 that no LTS release > supports the hardware thus why I can't use Vinux4. And thus my > question about how to get Orca up and going with Ubuntu desktop. Cut-n-paste from the link given; MacBookPro 8,1 8,2 8,3: Ubuntu 13.04 (Raring Ringtail) Ubuntu 12.10 (Quantal Quetzal) Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot) Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal) Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick Meerkat) end cut-n-paste. The missing version 12.04 is very odd, but since both older and newer versions are listed it looks like a documentation error rather than a real problem. Note also: you can not easily upgrade a DVD, only replace it with a newer one. So any question about Long Term Support is moot for a live CD or live DVD. Of course if you INSTALL it to your hard disk, that is a different story. -- blind Pete Sig goes here... -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility