Hi, while its been forever since i've used ubuntu, I always changed my desktop to gnome-shell or gnome-session-fallback as my prefered desktop, though lately i've had a go at the ubuntu mate remix and loved what I saw of it, I might even consider if I gett a second computer to reformat this old desktop and give game development on linux ago. If I remember my unity correctly however, pressing windows brings up what's called the dash. In older versions of ubuntu this used to be very accessible, at least to where you could get to your apps, but my last run with ubuntu showed me nothing of the same. Have you tried pressing alt f2 and typing in the name of the app you want to run?

Diego, you haven't stated what desktop environment you are running so I am going to assume here you are running the stock Unity desktop. Unfortunately Unity isn't fully accessible at this point in time and you might be better off using a Gnome or Mate remix of Ubuntu. In any case here is the answers to your questions.

As far as starting Orca the first time you launched Orca it should have asked you. If not Go to the launcher bar with alt+f1, go to settings, and then to the accessibility options and check the screen reader checkbox. From that time forward Orca should come up on login.

As far as accessing files the program is called Nautilus. There are a number of ways to launch Nautilus but the main one is to press alt+f1 to get to the launch bar and go to the launcher called home. Press enter on that and it will open your home directory with all your personal files and directories.

As for viewing your installed apps that is a bit problematic in Unity. The way you are supposed to do that is through the Dash, but the Dash isn't accessible. At the moment. If you know a certain app is available accessing them is accomplished by doing alt+f2, typing the name of the program, and running it that way.

Actually, on a stock install of Ubuntu I believe the command you want is alt+f10 not f10. That will take you to the menubar. Try that and see what happens.

If you want to try a simple version of ubuntoo try vinux

Vinux is my favourite, cause I'm a new Vinux fan. Vinux 5.x will be released this year

I'v ditched windows intirely for arch, which sounds rediculous i'm sure, but damn, i love how customizable arch is! I think the thing that resonates with me the most is the simple fact that if something goes wrong, you can fix it from the command line, even if you manage to break the desktop your using. You can simply start the desktop session whenever, so fixing things in my oppinion, is a lot more simple to do. Of course, arch is not for someone who just wants things to work, but i think learning how arch works teaches you a lot about linux in the process, so it's totaly worth the invested time.

Hello everybody! How do I change the ubuntu language? I can not activate the selected language. Use ubuntu 10.14 in vm ware player, 64-bit.

Regarding Ubuntu Mate, I tried the latest desktop I386 iso in a VM, and I was able to start Orca during install.

But after entering a username, choosing no password and autologin, I completed the installation, restarted the VM and there was no speech.

So be warned  that Ubuntu Mate may not be fully accessible and is only suitable for installation in a noncritical environment.

Vinux is old, but it works and there is no annoying lack of speech in certain administrative prompts.

Diego, at this point in time Gnome is the more accessible graphical environment for an Orca user. Preferably Gnome 3.14, but Gnome 3.12, which I think ships with the current version of Ubuntu-Gnome, is more than functionally accessible for an average user.

Gellman, on the contrary Ubuntu-Mate is accessible but it sounds like there was a configuration problem or perhaps the virtual machine caused sound problems etc. Whatever the reason it sounds to me like a bad install of Ubuntu-Mate rather than any specific problem with the distribution in question. I've used Ubuntu-Mate with Orca in the past with only minor accessibility issues. Mostly access issues regarding panels and finding certain launchers on the desktop. However, there are workarounds for those problems.

Hi, i've used ubuntu mate no problems accept for the previously mentioned accessibility problems. Its a nice alternitive to gnome, speshily since if I remember correctly, the gnome-session-fallback which used to be installable with older versions of gnome 3 had a less functional panel. I intend at somepoint to give ubuntu another go around once I can actually boot it, but currently i'm running a vmware version of ubuntu mate and it works fine for me no problems.

Gellman, all stages of the Ubuntu-Mate installation were accessible. However, when the login comes up I have to launch Orca separately. I want to say it is the alt+super+s keyboard command. In any case Orca didn't come up by default, but could be launched with a quick and easy keyboard command.

Hello everybody!
Sorry for asking this again, but I need to connect to Wi- Fi with the orca.
One would send the steps of what to do for the next wifi networks and connect?
I have ubuntu 14:10 officer.

Hello everybody!
Thomas, when I press alt f10 and navigate to the connections, what appears is the Wifi option on or off, edit connections and another option that I do not remember now, but the networks do not appear in this list.
What can I do?