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Well y'all, I might have to go back to Windows. With Fedora 42, and Orca 48.6, I cannot use Google Docs well at all on Google Chrome, and on Firefox, the outline view which I use to navigate through many, many headings in a document I need for work, isn't usable at all. I can arrow up and down all I want, but nothing speaks.
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Welcome to Linux Access This is your central hub for all things related to accessibility on Linux. Here you’ll find articles, tips, and resources written by the community to help make Linux more usable for everyone.Linux Access
Linux users can install Mozilla VPN client from Flathub. The open source app was previously only available to install on Ubuntu-based distributions via the Mozilla APT repo.
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Mozilla VPN Linux App is Now Available on Flathub
The Mozilla VPN Client can now be installed on Linux distributions from Flathub, a change that will allow more users to access the paid VPN service.Joey Sneddon (OMG! Ubuntu!)
Red Hat just expanded free access to RHEL for business developers zdnet.com/article/red-hat-expa… by @sjvn
If you're a programmer, there are lots of ways to get free Red Hat Enterprise #Linux instances for your work, and now there's another one.
Red Hat just expanded free access to RHEL for business developers
Red Hat offers a new free option for up to 25 Red Hat Enterprise Linux instances for business developers.Steven Vaughan-Nichols (ZDNET)
Do you use a drawing tablet with Linux? You can share your device info in two easy steps - no coding skills required! 💙
Help KDE devs like @redstrate build driver support.
More info at:
github.com/linuxwacom/wacom-hi…
#linux #tablet #wacom #huion #stylus #artwithopensource #kde #freesoftware
GitHub - linuxwacom/wacom-hid-descriptors: Database of HID descriptors for Wacom pen/touch digitizers
Database of HID descriptors for Wacom pen/touch digitizers - linuxwacom/wacom-hid-descriptorsGitHub
#ic_null on #Twitch | Screenreader tries to reaed #ubuntu accessibility screen and FAILS MISERABLY
This is what a blind person using a screen reader experiences when navigating the #linux #ubuntu installer. ...WHO TESTED THIS AND CALLED IT GOOD?! 😨#shorts...YouTube
Being a mod on /r/gnome reddit can be pretty entertaining. I have this person who was unhappy that a #gtk3 converted to a #libadwaita app. When I told him that software freedom is you have the ability to fork and maintain the gtk3 version yourself this is the response:
'''so software freedom is the freedom of developers to sneak into my house, paint the walls a different colour and move my furniture about however they like without warning?'''
Uh, yeah. K.
#gnome #linux #OpenSource
Current status: preparing a bunch of #linux ISOs so we can look at installers, first-time experience and a bit of usage from a #blind, #screenReader user perspective on this saturday's stream. hey @danirabbit #Elementary 8's gonna be first in line. Also looking at #kaliLinux , #debian, #fedora, #ubuntu and #LinuxMint #justSwitchToLinux #justWatchMeTry #letsJustSeeIfItEvenLetsMe :P
Nah but seriously we'll look at a number of first-time experiences (install, initial boot into the OS ec.) of various popular and less popular distros. I will comment on the #accessibility considerations primarily for #screenReader users and I'm sure other things'll come up. See you bright-eyed and bushy-tailed around 3 PM EST/8P BST/9pm CEST over at twitch.tv/ic_null or youtube.com/@blindlyCoding. My #peertube account is, unfortunately, not approved yet :) #selfPromo #tech #foss #selfHosting #homeLab #stream #ubuntu #debian #fedora #elementaryOs #kaliLinux #blind
IC_null - Twitch
Fully blind person hacking, coding and tinkering while using a screen reader. THM, HTB, accessibility, all the things.Twitch
The French city of #Lyon will also be replacing Microsoft for #opensource solutions. Really curious what #Linux distro they will choose 👀
Also featured; #Jitsi for video conferencing, #Nextcloud paired with #OnlyOffice for document sharing and co-editing, #Zimbra for email, #Chamilo for online training, and #Matrix for instant messaging. 🔥
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French City of Lyon Kicks Out Microsoft
Microsoft faces growing rejection in Europe whereas open source software sees growing adaption.Sourav Rudra (It's FOSS News)
This Saturday 5 July 🐧 Linux install parties in #Germany and #France (all times local)! 🚀
* Repair-Café Kahlgrund, Niedersteinbach (#Bayern), 10h30-16h
* ComputerCafe Stuttgart Kaltental, #Stuttgart, 13h-17h30
* Premier Samedi du Libre, #Paris, 14h-18h
For details and more events worldwide: endof10.org/events/
#EndOf10 #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #FOSS #Linux #GNULinux #Windows #Windows10 #Windows11
Upcoming Events
Here is a list of events where you can get help with Linux. You can also look for places that provide help more regularly. Please note that the information here is submitted by the organizers themselves and is not evaluated by the campaign.Upcoming Events | End of 10
Below, I added some hype music to mastodon.social/@alatiera/1147…
With that, I believe we could get a huge GNOME fundraiser drive going, by selling tickets to a philanthropic wrestling match between @alatiera and probonopd. Per tradition, the match could take place in an abandoned warehouse in San Francisco, kitted up as for a rave. KDE devs welcome.
I bet Jordan would smack Xorg down so hard that xeyes pops out, and we would never hear from X11 again as Wayland reigns supreme.
So close to the planch
Continuing our volunteer effort to make GNOME Calendar fully accessible with a keyboard (see thread for context), we fixed a major bug that was causing the focus to disappear into the abyss when the user tried to tab into the month view in merge request !576. This means, as of this commit, events should now be completely functional and accessible within the month view. Additionally, the merge request changes the keyboard and focus behavior within the month view: Events can only be cycled using arrow buttons, the focus can't escape the month view with arrow buttons, and entering/exiting the month view can only be done with tab. These improvements will be available on GNOME 49.
#GNOME #Accessibility #a11y #GNOMECalendar #Calendar #FOSS #FreeSoftware #Linux
Congrats on the release! Anytime a Linux GUI app gets more beautiful, that means a great deal to all the non-geeky users of the world, where aesthetics and convenience are king. I just hope it stops short of getting bloated and slow - witness the sluggish Node.js horror show that the #Signal desktop client is, in #Linux.
BTW: What version of OMEMO does Gajim support? Does the website or documentation say this anywhere?
am officially a Friend of GNOME as of a couple days ago, something I should have done sooner but never remembered to before
just want to say again how much I love using it. seeing GNOME 3 in action 9-10 years ago is what spurred me to try Linux to begin with, _because_ it looked so unique and very not Windowsy. and as of GNOME 40 and the subsequent Fedora release (4+ years ago), it has remained my daily driver
it's not for everybody, but it's by far my favorite desktop to use
From the Debian mailing list: Proposal: Debian-AI — A Free and Open-Source AI Operating System
So people think of AI before accessibility. I'm not surprised, but still, just another reminder. And I know it's just a proposal, nothing concrete, but we don't see proposals for accessibility, like, at all. So yeah foss, keep going with that End of Ten evangelism, keep showing disabled users how y'all are. I hope governments in Europe have to return to Windows due to accessibility issues in Linux, and that it hits the news hard. Maybe then you'll wake up.
#accessibility #foss #debian #linux
To #Blind and #LowVision Linux users:
Which #Linux or #BSD distributions are you able to install without assistance? Are there any that work better with screenreaders and other assistive technologies out of the box?
I'm trying to understand how much of the problem is specific to distributions, their installers or differences in windowing system such as Wayland breaking screenreaders vs X11.
Ever wondered about something?
Whether it’s how things work at Star Labs, questions about our products, or just some cool Linux tips, we’re all ears.
Drop your thoughts in the comments, we’d love to chat and maybe take a closer look at it in a video.
Seeing how reviving old PCs is a hugely important thing to use Linux for, it's really strange to me how difficult it is to find out which distros works best on old hardware!
People say many things, but it's hard to find real benchmarks. Tried Lubuntu and Zorin Core on one laptop I have here, and it was not OK. AntiX seems fast enough, but unfortunately too nerdy to give to a non-nerd.
Does the feature meet the standards for #accessibility? Is the documentation complete? No? THEN DON’T RELEASE THE FEATURE. Make these things release blockers, it’s literally that simple.
I am slowly oxidizing my unix CLI. A lot of people have made rust based versions of common unix utilities and some of them are REALLY good.
Like fd-find for doing essentially find . -name blah. And rg (ripgrep) which does grep -R but it's aware of git, files like pyc or .bak files, and it excludes them by default.
Now I have sd which is hopefully replacing the last thing I used perl for. I write perl -pi -e s/x/y/g a lot. Just doing a quick string replace inside a file. So sd can start doing that.
I'm also trying to get used to zellij instead of tmux and starship for modern prompt decorations like the kids do.
These kids, my friends, are welcome on my lawn.
Who says you can’t have #privacy and #security in an OS? Meet PureOS — the #Linux OS that respects you.
No ads
No trackers
No #surveillance
No terms of service traps
PureOS supports Purism’s Librem 5 & Liberty Phone.
More Info: puri.sm/posts/what-is-pureos-a…
What Is PureOS? A Beginner’s Guide for iOS, Android, and Windows Users – Purism
Purism makes premium phones, laptops, mini PCs and servers running free software on PureOS. Purism products respect people's privacy and freedom while protecting their security.Purism SPC
Is #Linux Mint still good?
I'm trying to decide which Linux to go for on my desktop. I've used Mint before but a very long time ago.
Please do not fill my replies with techy talk. I want something easy.
fireborn wrote an excellent series of posts about how badly accessibility is broken under #Linux. They include workarounds used, patches applied, patches submitted, and depressingly with things that worked a decade ago.
Naturally somebody volunteered to not read the series and reply with "first of all, it's GNU/Linux" as their opener.
*This* post is a line-by-line response to that comment.
You Don’t Own the Word “Freedom”: A Full-Burn Response to the GNU/Linux Comment That Tried to Gatekeep Me Off My Own Machine, 20250625,
by @fireborn,
fireborn.mataroa.blog/blog/you…
… via lobste.rs/s/nwvary/you_don_t_o…
> Freedom is also not telling disabled users to go fuck themselves because they asked for a working login prompt […]
>> GNU/Linux is about you owning your machine.
> Then why do I have to reassert that ownership every time a package breaks accessibility?
Hyprland Premium Is Not What It Seems
Recently people noticed a subdomain of the Hyprland website that takes you to something called Hyprland Premium, you see Premium and you see a FOSS project a...YouTube
Do you love the idea of Free & Open Source Software, and Linux in particular? I certainly do. But until recently, I didn't think too much about what "freedom" means beyond licensing. If you're like me, this blog post by @fireborn could border on heartbreaking. But it may also be a call to action, not only for developers, but for the entire F/OSS community. I hope it is.
Excerpt: »Freedom is also not telling disabled users to go fuck themselves because they asked for a working login prompt. It’s not freedom if it requires you to be perfect, sighted, fluent in C, and emotionally bulletproof.«
fireborn.mataroa.blog/blog/you…
found via @Natanox at chaos.social/@Natanox/11474988…
#Linux #Accessibility #FOSS #Gatekeeping
THIS.
I gonna save this to just post it every time one of those entitled FOSS-bros crosses my path.If the only way for people to use a computer is to either become a developer yourself or suffer through exploitation by big corporations it isn't an individual failure of those people, it's an absolute failure of the FOSS / Linux community to build good software.
fireborn.mataroa.blog/blog/you…
#Linux #Accessibility
Hi @fireborn ! Is this your blogpost?
fireborn.mataroa.blog/blog/you…
If so, I just wanted to thank you from the bottom of my heart.
I love #linux and always have. I have literally made my career with it ever since I first booted the H.J. Lu boot/root floppy set on my 486 DX2/66, but I'm partially #blind, and my vision is getting worse as I age.
And at times the amount of negativity and crap I get when I say that I generally run #WSL on Windows or a Mac? It's huge, pointless, and speaks to some ways in which parts of the Linux community are its own worst enemy.
When screen zoom broke for 2 years in #ubuntu and many of us kept signposting how important this is to us, over and over, and one of the Canonical engineers wrote in the issue saying that, due simply to the very limited number of engineering hours available, this was a low priority fix? That was a wake up call for me.
There's no malice there. It's not that anyone in the Linux community is doing an evil laugh and thrilling to the number of disabled users who can't reliably enjoy Linux on the desktop, it's about the reality that a tiny, rag tag group of engineers working for a handful of companies are doing the vast majority of the work keeping the Linux desktop world moving, and they BARELY have the bandwidth to keep development going at all much less catering to the myriad accessibility needs folks like us (Not comparing the nature of our didabilities, mind you. Everyone's different!).
But people like the guy your post responds to can make us feel not smart enough, not good enough, or not motivated enough to thrive in an environment that throws up HUGE obstacles, and that's just not right.
Pardon the length, I have Strong Feelings about this stuff as you can see, and thanks again for posting!
THIS.
I gonna save this to just post it every time one of those entitled FOSS-bros crosses my path.
If the only way for people to use a computer is to either become a developer yourself or suffer through exploitation by big corporations it isn't an individual failure of those people, it's an absolute failure of the FOSS / Linux community to build good software.
fireborn.mataroa.blog/blog/you…
#Linux #Accessibility