#ubuntu #mate 3.18 is now installed on the #thinkpad and working well, now that I've removed two troublesome applications from startup-- Ubuntu welcome and Dejadup Monitor. The maintainers have fixed lightdm; now, it talks when #orca #screenreader is toggled with 'alt+mod4+s'. I find the Software Boutique utility completely inaccessible. Using #apt is fine, but I wanted to check. For gui browsing of the collection, there's always synaptic, which does not come with the distro, but can be installed.