On 6 November 2010 10:03, Natalie Hooper <[email protected]> wrote: > If you don't mind, can you tell me a little bit more about Vinux? How > quickly/easily or not your mother adapted to it? Can she maintain her > computer herself or is it helpful to her to have you on hand (basically, is > there a lot of maintenance and tweaking required or does it work well out > of the box)? I'm always particularly interested to hear about Linux > solutions for users with impairments (my partner works in the charity > sector).
VInux itself uses a Ubuntu base, so like Ubuntu it 'just works' mostly. It takes advantage of the various accessibility settings, such as the Orca screen reader and the high-contrast GTK themes. Once I explained the menu and where to find things, she found it easy to use. She already uses Firefox, so no issues getting lost there. The only part that I keep getting called in for is package management via Synaptic. I've explained it to her, but after several experiences on Windows where installing something turned out badly, she won't tell it to make any changes until I check on them. On the other hand, upgrades she'll allow safely without checking. She knows a friend who's actually totally blind, who's also had a look (No pun intended) at it. She's a Windows user herself, but admits that it's quite an intuitive solution. I think VInux is still on DistroWatch - the website has some preview videos that try to show what it does. -- Next meeting: Crown Hotel, Blandford Forum, Tuesday 2010-11-02 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
