[Fwd: [VINUX] Vinux 2.0 Beta 1 Release Announcement!]

[Georgina Joyce]

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> Subject: [VINUX] Vinux 2.0 Beta 1 Release Announcement!
> Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2009 09:01:30 -0700 (PDT)
> 
> I am happy to announce the release of the 1st Beta version of Vinux
> 2.0!
> There are a great many differences between this release and the
> earlier
> versions based on Ubuntu, and there are significant differences
> between this release and the existing alpha versions so if you are
> planning to try it out then please read the following information
> very carefully to avoid unnecessary frustration and/or confusion.
> 
> 1. This version is based on Debian Lenny 5.02 and although there are
> many differences between Debian and Ubuntu the most significant one
> is that although you can use 'sudo' on the live CD, once installed
> you must use 'su' and then enter your administrator password to run
> commands with root priveleges from the terminal. This provides an
> extra layer of security over that offered by Ubuntu. An unusual
> consequence of this is that I have had to decide which admin
> applications
> you are likely to use on the Live CD and which ones you are more
> likely
> to use once installed. Thus on the Live CD the only admin apps that
> you
> can launch from the menus are the installer, the partition editor and
> the restore bootloader application. Once installed you will be able
> to
> launch all of the other admins apps apart from these three. Of course
> you can launch any admin application at any time from the terminal
> using
> 'sudo' on the Live CD and 'su' on an installed system. I hope to fix
> this by the final release.
> 
> 2. For those of you who are partially sighted you will notice that
> the
> desktop layout has changed considerably since the last version. This
> layout is designed to be friendly to partially sighted users by
> offering them one click access to all of the most commonly used
> applications at any time. It also maximises the available space on
> widescreen displays by placing the three panels on the left hand side,
> thus allowing you to use the full depth of the screen at all times.
> The only difference that this will make to Orca users will be that
> when you open the main menu you need to cursor down to find the
> places and system menus rather than cursoring right. Orca users can
> navigate to the panels in the usual way by pressing ctrl+alt+tab.
> 
> 3. In order to fit everything onto the CD I have had to remove many
> applications, including Open Office and Evolution, which can of
> course
> easily be reinstalled. In their place I have provided Icedove, Abiword
> and Gnumeric which are not accessible with Orca, but are accessible
> to
> people using magnification and Orca users can of course use them to
> open
> up Microsoft Office documents and then save them in different formats
> or
> even copy and paste them into the text editor etc. You may also notice
> that the GIMP graphics package is installed, again this is for the
> benefit
> of partially sighted users.
> 
> 4. I have now added the audio beeps to the Live CD and the spoken
> welcome messages on the GDM login window. When you boot from the live
> CD
> you should hear three beeps, which means the boot prompt is ready, you
> can then type in a cheat code, press enter or wait for thirty seconds.
> Once Vinux has booted you will hear Orca say "Welcome to Orca". Once
> you
> have installed the system you will be greated by the GDM login screen,
> which will ask you to type in your username and password. If at any
> time
> you switch to console mode Speakup will take over, but as it uses
> Espeak
> you won't really notice the difference.
> 
> 5. I have added lots of custom keystrokes to Vinux. Many of them are
> the
> same as on previous versions, but there are several new ones and as
> Compiz
> is no longer installed many of the original keystrokes are missing.
> There
> is a full list of Vinux, Orca and Speakup keybindings in the Vinux
> folder
> inside you Home folder. Here is a list of the customised Vinux
> keystrokes:
> 
> A. Orca Specific Keybindings
> 
> Increase Voice Rate: insert+right
> Decrease Voice Rate: insert+left
> Increase Voice Pitch: insert+up
> Decrease Voice Pitch: Insert+down
> 
> Toggle Magnification On/Off: insert+m
> Increase Magnification: insert+equals
> Decrease Magnification: insert+minus
> Invert Screen Colours: insert+i
> Toggle Next Magnifier Mode: insert+n
> Toggle Crosshairs: insert+c
> 
> Read Time: insert+t
> Read Date: insert+d
> Read Battery Power: insert+p
> Read Weather (Birmingham UK): insert+w
> Check for Updates: insert+u
> Import Updates: insert+shift+u
> 
> B. Generic Gnome Keybindings
> 
> Terminal: ctrl+shift+t
> Home Folder: ctrl+shift+h
> Orca: ctrl+shift+o
> Iceweasel: ctrl+shift+i
> 
> Appearance Manager: ctrl+shift+a
> Gnome Configuration Editor: ctrl+shift+g
> Keyboard Settings: ctrl+shift+k
> Dictionary: ctrl+shift+d
> 
> Power Management: ctrl+shift+p
> Screensaver: ctrl+shift+s
> Editor: ctrl+shift+e
> File Management: ctrl+shift+f
> Resolution: ctrl+shift+r
> Mouse Settings: ctrl+shift+m
> 
> Volume Up: ctrl+shift+up
> Volume Down: ctrl+shift+down
> 
> Toggle Maximise Horizontally: ctrl+shift+x
> Toggle Maximise Vertically: ctrl+shift+y
> Toggle Maximise Window: ctrl+shift+z
> Toggle Fullscreen Mode: ctrl+shift+w
> 
> 6. This is a beta version, so while I am confident that most of the
> applications and accessibility features are working there are several
> specific things which I would like people to test over the next week:
> 
> A. Wireless and Ethernet Connections
> 
> B. Braille support
> 
> C. Installation onto a hard drive as single and dual boot system
> 
> D. Installation of Open Office 2.4 and the Java Access Bridge
> 
> E. Installation of Open Office 3.0 and the Java Access Bridge from
>    Debian Backports
> 
> F. Installation of Firefox 3.0 from Debian Backports
> 
> G. Installation of Thunderbird 3.0 from debian Backports
> 
> F. Installation of Evolution
> 
> I suspect that most of the problems encountered will be to do with
> hardware compatibility rather than software issues. It is vital that
> you
> let me know if a specific piece of hardware is not supported and how
> it
> can be fixed if possible. It would be equally useful to know what
> models
> do work, especially laptops. I do not intend to add any more
> applications
> to the final version, but I have left plenty of space to add hardware
> drivers etc.
> 
> You can get the new version here:
> 
> http://vinux.org.uk/downloads/old/2.0/Vinux-2.0-Beta-1.iso
> http://vinux.org.uk/downloads/old/2.0/Vinux-2.0-Beta-1.iso.md5sum.txt
> 
> And here:
> 
> http://sd-4.archive-host.com/membres/up/56911783136928484/vinux/Vinux-20-Beta-1.iso
> http://www.archive-host.com/icones/txt.png
> 
> I look forward to hearing your feedback!
> 
> Have fun,
> 
> drbongo
> 
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Gena


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