How to run gnome accessibility zoom on other desktop environments (Xfce or LXDE)? (discuss.tchncs.de)

submitted 10 months ago by cibicibi@discuss.tchncs.de to c/linux@discuss.tchncs.de

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I really need help with that. My hardware is getting old and soon it will not properly support gnome anymore. Unfortunately, I have a vision impairment and the gnome accessibility zoom is something that I cannot exchange with anything else. I know that the X window system already has its own zoom feature but its not good as the gnome one. If I log in with a environment such as lxde and activate gnome accessibility at startup, it will not run. Do someone know what I should do to make it work?

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[-] just_another_person@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

Graphics are unfortunately tied to hardware. If you're unwilling or unable to part with the machine you're using, you may be at a loss.

Depending on where you're at, there are a lot of organizations that recycle hardware and give refreshes for free, especially for the disabled. Have you looked into this?

[-] cibicibi@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 10 months ago

Yes, but in my case it doesn't really help. I only need to use the gnome zoom separated from the desktop environment.

[-] skilltheamps@feddit.org 2 points 10 months ago

I'm afraid this is impossible. This is most likely part of Gnome Shell itself.

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