The Vinux 3.0.1 release based on Ubuntu 10.04.2 LTS is now available for
download. This combines all of the accessibility of Vinux 3.1 with the
stability of Vinux 3.0 as well as a few completely new features. In addition to
the existing three screen-readers (Orca, Speakup and YASR) this release
Sorry link was incomplete - http://vinux.org.uk/downloads.html
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I am pleased to announce that Vinux 3.1 (Based on Ubuntu 10.10) is now ready
for download from the Vinux mirrors! It is currently available as a CD or DVD
in both 32 and 64bit versions (USB and Virtual versions will follow shortly).
It has been a long time coming, but hopefully it will be worth
Hi Luke,
Could you clarify the plans have for Ubuntu in regard to Unity, Accessibility,
Gnome and the alleged licensing of Unity? And what are you thoughts initially -
do you think it is possible to make Unity accessible, or will we/you have to
default to Gnome for the 'blind profile'. Is it tr
On behalf of the Vinux Development Team I am happy to announce that final
versions of the USB and DVD Editions of Vinux 3.0 are now available for
download from the website: http://vinux.org.uk/downloads - There are three
different versions of the USB Edition available - Two of these are simply
On behalf of the whole Vinux community I am happy to announce the 3rd release
of Vinux - Linux for the Visually Impaired, based on Ubuntu 10.04 - Lucid Lynx.
This version of Vinux provides three screen-readers, two full-screen
magnifiers, dynamic font-size/colour-theme changing as well as suppor
On behalf of the whole Vinux community I am happy to announce the 3rd release
of Vinux - Linux for the Visually Impaired, based on Ubuntu 10.04 - Lucid Lynx.
This version of Vinux provides three screen-readers, two full-screen
magnifiers, dynamic font-size/colour-theme changing as well as suppor
Hi, I have been playing with Lucid Alpha 3 and I have come across a few
problems and I don't know whether they are specific to the accessible install
or Lucid as a whole.
The first issue is that once installed if you press enter to select the user to
logon, enter the password and press enter ag
There are two ways around this at the moment. One way is to change the menu
launchers so they open in a terminal and replace gksu with sudo in the launch
command, this means a terminal opens you type your password and then Orca will
work - but only if you have implemented the recommended changes
I am happy to announce the release of Vinux 2.1 Leviathan! This is a monsterous
hybrid of the Vinux CLI max edition, the standard GUI edition and a wide range
of additional applications including Open Office 3.0, the Evolution mail
client, the Inkscape vector graphics package, the Scribus deskto
I am happy to announce the release of Vinux CLI 2.1 which is now available
in three different versions: The 'dna' version is a minimal Debian system
which only has five additional applications installed: the speakup screenreader
the remastersys installer, the wodim iso burning tool and the aptitude
Vinux 2.0 Command Line Interface Edition - Release Announcement
I am happy to announce the release of the CLI Edition of Vinux 2.0 !
The CLI edition comes in the form of an installable live CD which provides
a console only version of Debian Lenny 5.03 with Speakup installed and enabled
by defaul
Hi everyone, I think everyone appreciates what Willie and Luke are doing,
without them LInux would be a whole lot less accessible and they are doing a
great job in the circumstances. However they are up against the same problem as
every other VI user, in that although companies acknowledge the n
The URL's were corrupted again - must be the web-based outlook editor causing
the problems. So all of the URL's can be found on this page:
http://sites.google.com/site/vinuxdevelopment/ sorry once again, drbongo.
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The URL's were corrupted again - must be the web-based outlook editor causing
the problems. So all of the URL's can be found on this page:
http://sites.google.com/site/vinuxdevelopment/ sorry once again, drbongo.
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The original URL's I sent where corrupted when I copied and pasted them. Here
are the correct URL's,
sorry for any inconvenience caused and the double posting. drbongo
Vinux Virtual Edition
http://vinux.org.uk/downloads/old/2.0/Virtual-Edition/Vinux-2.0-Virtual-Editi
on.exe
http://vinux.org.uk/do
Hi, I am happy to announce that there are now two new versions of Vinux 2.0
available:
The Vinux 2.0 Virtual Edition which provides a pre-installed and
pre-configured VMWare version which will run on both Windows XP and Vista.
The Vinux 2.0 USB Edition which is an image of a USB pendrive install
Vinux 2.0 Release Announcement/FAQ!
I am happy to announce the release of Vinux 2.0! Vinux it is a
specialist version of Linux optimised for visually impaired users. It
is now based on Debian Lenny which currently provides a more stable
platform to build an accessible distribution on than Ubunt
I am happy to announce the release of Vinux 2.0 Beta 1 which is now based on
Debian Lenny 5.02. It comes in the form of a Debian Live CD which has Orca
and Speakup installed and configured by default. When you boot from the Live
CD you will hear three audio beeps when the boot prompt it ready. Onc
Hi Willie, I think the fact that Ubuntu 9.04 has been given such a hard time
is actually testament to its high standards. Ubuntu is by far the easiest
version of
Linux for a beginner to get up and running from a hardware point of view etc
and
because people expect Ubuntu to be perfect everytime th
Hi everyone,
First of all I hope this isn't going to end up in a mini flame war in the
same vein as when I announced the start of the Vinux project. let's be clear
from the start we are all on the same side i.e. we all want an accessible
linux distro that just works out of the box. Whether that d
Vinux 1.5 is now available for download. The URL's are:
http://vinux.org.uk/downloads/old/1.5/Vinux-1.5.iso
http://vinux.org.uk/downloads/old/1.5/Vinux-1.5.iso.md5sum.txt
New features include: Speech-Dispatcher as the default speech server,
YASR configured to use the Festival speech synthesiser,
I am very happy to announce that I have now managed to get speech-dispatcher
to work on Vinux without losing the multi-channel sound capabilities. The
final peice of the jigsaw puzzle fell into place when I was experimenting
with Debian Lenny and managed to get speech-dispatcher working properly. I
Does anyone know if it is possible to set the Orca/Espeak voice and the
keyboard layout by passing arguments to the boot prompt either directly or
via a cheatcode set up in the isoliux.cfg file? This work for the display
language but not for Orca voices or keyboard layout. Any ideas? drbongo
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I am happy to announce the release of Vinux 1.4!
Vinux a free and open source operating system which has been optimised for
visually impaired
users. It is based on the popular Ubuntu Linux distribution and built around
the Orca
screen-reader/magnifier. It is designed to boot your computer, log yo
Vinux 1.31 - Release Notes.
This release contains a fix for the cups server problem which
was still present in the 1.3 release.
Direct Link - http://vinux.org.uk/downloads/old/1.31/Vinux-1.31.iso
md5sum - 5dfff403a9e8a6d9ae5a550198483207 Vinux-1.31.iso
We believe it was caused by the presence
Vinux 1.3 Released!
drbongo and ald0 are proud to announce the new release of Vinux - Linux for
the Visually Impaired!
This release includes a variety of new packages and features, as well as
solutions for bugs in earlier versions:
It includes a range of useful console applications and the yasr
I am happy to announce that we have now rebranded Vibuntu as Vinux after
discussion with Canonical about the use of the 'buntu' suffix. They were
happy to let us call it the Ubuntu VI Remix but we decided to go with Vinux
which now recursively stands for Vinux Is Not Ubuntu but gnu/Linux! We have
Obviously there are mixed feelings about cross-posting, and I did probably
post too many updates in the first week or two, although there were a series
of rapid developments/improvements with each release. In the near future I
will be setting up a separate mailing list for those who want regular up
!
-Original Message-
From: Tomas Cerha [mailto:ce...@brailcom.org]
Sent: 17 December 2008 12:34
To: Anthony Sales
Subject: Re: Run Vibuntu on USB with persistant storage!
Anthony Sales napsal(a):
> Sorry if I have annoyed anybody, as the project is very new I am still
> trying to reach a
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From: ubuntu-accessibility-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com on behalf of Anthony
Sales
Sent: Tue 16/12/2008 20:28
To: ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com;
gnome-accessibility-l...@gnome.org; orca-l...@gnome.org
Subject: Run Vibuntu on USB with persistant storage!
Exciting news! I have worked
Sorry, I inadvertently sent the attachment to everyone on the mailing list -
at least it was small! Normal service will be resumed as soon as possible...
drbongo
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named only and may be confidential. If they have come to yo
Exciting news! I have worked out how to trick the default Ubuntu USB
installer (which is accessible with Orca) into copying the Vibuntu iso onto a
USB memory stick with persistent storage! The process is quite straight
forward: There is a hidden folder on the Ubuntu 8.10 live CD called .disk and
t
I have now posted a rough guide to how I made Vibuntu 1.2 from a default
install of Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) on the Vibuntu Development Blog for
anyone who is interested - http://vibuntu.blogspot.com/
I expect all of your own personalised versions of Vibuntu to be on my desk
before Double His
If any of you have succeeded in getting Vibuntu to boot from a USB pen, using
Unetbootin, then you may have realised by now that this is booted as a read
only image which means you cannot save any changes or documents to the pen.
The disadvantage of this is that you can't save anything you produce
: Sun 14/12/2008 22:42
To: Anthony Sales; ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com;
gnome-accessibility-l...@gnome.org; orca-l...@gnome.org
Cc: Matthew Horspool (Learner); Mobeen Iqbal (Learner); Arthur Turner
(Learner)
Subject: RE: Vibuntu Development Blog
Anthony,
Firstly, again well done.
I&#
Hi Tom, its the self-deluded megalomaniac who thinks he has solved all of the
world's problems with a simple remix of Ubuntu. I think the key here is to
remember that this distro is not really aimed at Linux users at all - but
visually impaired users who maybe haven't even heard of linux before. I
I have set up a Vibuntu Development Blog at http://www.vibuntu.blogspot.com/
for anyone who is interested! I will use this to document the development of
Vibuntu and any relevant issues so that anyone who wants to create their own
accessible remix of Ubuntu, or just modify their existing installat
Because Vibuntu uses a pre-configured user account, the username and password
are retained after an install. This has confused a few people. You can change
both your user name and password after install using the terminal.
To change your password type 'sudo passwd orca', enter the password orca,
ed in some way.
Have a good xmas!
drbongo
-Original Message-
From: Ken Perry [mailto:whist...@blinksoft.com]
Sent: Sat 13/12/2008 14:27
To: Anthony Sales
Subject: RE: Vibuntu Press Release
I am not arguing that your distro is needed I am arguing that its "the First
accessible&quo
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Sent: 13 December 2008 01:59
To: Anthony Sales
Subject: RE: Vibuntu Press Release
Maybe saying easily usable and accessible then because I am sorry but skilled
users have been using Redhat as far back as Redhat 6 and I am not talking
about from telnet. I have used that
I have written a short press release aimed at VI users who may not know about
Linux. I would be grateful if you could post it on any general
accessibility/software sites/forums you use if you think it would be a good
way of getting the uninitiated to give Linux a try! If we manage to get
enough int
Vibuntu 1.2 Released!
I am happy to formally announce the realease of Vibuntu 1.2 and I feel that
this is a significant release because I have now resolved the problem of Orca
beong unable to read admin apps launched from the menus and activated USB
Braille Display autoprobing. This was achieve
I am happy to announce that Vibuntu 1.2 is ready. It will be available for
download from around 17:00 tomorrow afternoon (Friday 12th Dec, 2008) and I
will post a more detailed release announcement tomorrow. With help from Luke
I have now solved the problem of Orca not working with admin apps opene
I need to clarify the install procedure for Vibuntu, because although I did
include instructions I foolishly put them towards the end of the text file
which opens automatically. People who did not read the whole file have run
into unnecessary problems. Once Vibuntu has booted and you hear Orca ta
Vibuntu 1.1 is ready!
The new release of Vibuntu is ready for download! It incorporates several
significant improvements over the first version and a handful of small
changes. Vibuntu is a remaster of the Ubuntu 8.10 'Intrepid Ibex' live CD
customised to the needs of blind and partially sighted
UPDATE: Vibuntu 1.0 is now also available from the following mirrors*
http://vibuntu.blinuxman.net/index.php/
http://blinuxman.net/vibuntu/
*Special thanks to Osvaldo La Rosa (aka Ald0) for this generous offer!
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Sent: 04 December 2008 00:06
To: ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com
Subject: Re: Please allow me to introduce myself, I'm (not) a man of
wealthand taste!
On Tue, Dec 02, 2008 at 11:20:21AM PST, Anthony Sales wrote:
> Gr
Someone has pointed out that I forgot to include the URL for Vibuntu in the
post, I have included the URL's below but I recommend that you start at the
original release announcement on the Ubuntu Assistive Technology and
Accessibility forum which will help you decide whether to download the 2D or
3
Greetings earthlings!
My name is Tony Sales and I currently work as the ICT Development Officer at
the Royal National College for the Blind in Hereford. I have recently
released (in the loosest possible sense of the word) a customised version of
Ubuntu called Vibuntu (or Vinux - can't decide!) wh
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