Devin Prater :blind:Mar 17

Blind folks, what would make you want to use, or try out, Linux?

Boosts okay.

#accessibility #blind #linux #foss

Show threadmoduluxMar 17
@pixelate A stable screen reader and accessibility that's reliable and comparable to what one gets in proprietary systems.
Show threadJuan CBSMar 17
@modulux @pixelate i agree
Show threadCasey Reeves (it/its)Mar 17

@quetzatl @modulux @pixelate Sure wish it did that, eh?

Personally, seeing what's coming for linux, I decided to call it quits.

Show threadmoduluxMar 17
@xogium @quetzatl @pixelate What in particular, and what's your preferred option then?
Show threadCasey Reeves (it/its)

@modulux @quetzatl @pixelate The removal of the vt subsystem was what I was refering to.

Not coming from the kernel folks, but rather the distro folks like fedora, which heavily drives the development of systemd and other distros. Can you imagine that? Having to get a full wayland stack with at-spi and orca just to get a terminal? I cannot. And the extremely ableist comments from the kernel mailing list drove it home for me. Nicolas Pitre himself is pissed off about this change. And noone listens to him in all of this. What chance do the rest of us have?

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Show threadCasey Reeves (it/its)Mar 17
@modulux @quetzatl @pixelate And, as windows is as bad but for various other reasons, I am going away to mac. I have never tried it yet, after all. It was a combo of several things happening that caused me to decide this extreme:
https://xogium.me/173-times-why-a-simple-arch-linux-reinstall-pushed-me-to-look-at-macos
https://xogium.me/the-next-best-decision-stepping-away-from-the-linux-desktop
173 Times: Why a Simple Arch Linux Reinstall Pushed Me to Look at macOS

My system had been running for a solid eight years. Over that time, it had accumulated the usual clutter—unneeded packages, forgotten con...

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Show threadJuan CBSMar 17
@xogium @modulux @pixelate Well, I'd say don't expect too much from macOS—it hasn't been what it used to be for a long time now. It works worse every day; there are bugs they haven't fixed in years, and we don't have much hope that they ever will.
Show threadCasey Reeves (it/its)Mar 17
@quetzatl @modulux @pixelate I might just end up quitting computers entirely given that, if it's as bad. But at least I'll have tried it out too.
Show threadDevin Prater :blind:Mar 17
@xogium @modulux @quetzatl I wouldn't blame you one bit if you did.
Show threadmoduluxMar 17
@xogium @quetzatl @pixelate Thanks, I was not aware that was going on; and no, it's definitely not great news. I do think absent some serious budget probably from some public institution, a11y under gnu/linux is going to stay screwed.