Re: Vinux from Debian 5.0.7?
- From: Alex Midence <alex.midence@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2010 10:32:37 -0600
Hi, Ty.
It depends on which .iso you download. The Cd version is pretty
stripped down. You basically have to install everything. There are
"easy install" scripts you run to make it happen. The DVD version is
the one that is pretty packed. It's about 1.9 gigs. Lately, he even
has a really big one which is even larger but which he says is more
geared for the whole family, sighted and blind alike which is trully
gigantic. The Cd version is like 600 megs or so though. It's the
barebones Vinux. comes with Orca and Speakup using Gnome desktop.
3.0 also comes with Yasr (I think that's how it's spelled).
Apparently stripping down the CD version any further causes
complications with dependencies and such. Vinux is largely targeted
at Linux newcomers as well as towards visually impaired users in
general. This means that it's going to be set up as user-friendly as
possible so, this translates to inclusion of as much as a new person
would need to hit the ground running. There's been talk of a CLI
version like they did with Debian which would, of course, be a much
smaller distro but I don't think it's a priority. Tony Sales writes
that there will be a meeting online where a lot of the new direction
for Vinux will be discussed. He wrote that there will be lots of
projects coming up. We are going to have a bonified manual in there
which is going to require a team of people working towards writing it.
Also, the testing of packages for accessibility with Orca and Co.
will be formalized by having a team created to do this systematically.
He's going to open up the development of future packages to a wider
audience as well as the maintenance of the project's webpage. If
anyone wants in on it, now's the time to join the list(s). Vinux is
very exciting since it's an operating system specifically designed for
all VI people and not just those who are advanced computer users.
Also, Vinux is a distro which the Accessibility person at Ubuntu uses
to test screen reader accessibility of features for possible
inclusion in the main Ubuntu distribution. Pretty significant if you
ask me.
Regards,
Alex M
On 12/27/10, Littlefield, Tyler <tyler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hello,
> I think that Vinux 2.1 was debian, but they switched to Ubuntu
> recently--I would like to see a minimal version of Vinux put out there
> sometime, since the current maintainers seem to have a thing for packing
> it with junk I don't care to have in a Linux distro, and which can
> easily be grabbed through the package manager. But before I sidetracked,
> 2.1 was the last debian I know of, then they switched to Ubuntu.
> On 12/27/2010 4:14 AM, Kerneels Roos wrote:
>> Hi list,
>> Does anyone know if there exists a list of packages and modifications,
>> and notes on how to make the mods which one could apply to gain the
>> same accessibility found on Vinux but on a Debian stable distribution?
>> I would prefer to run Debian rather than Vinux.
>> I also understand it is possible to transform an Ubuntu system to a
>> Vinux system by installing something like vinux-lucid (is this also
>> available for the latest 10.10 Ubuntu named maverick)?
>> Thanks in advance.
>>
>
>
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> Thanks,
> Ty
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