Thanks to all who replied. However, and this may well be my fault, I'm looking at putting Edubuntu on a stand alone PC for use by my children, so the question of networking the resources is not necessary. However, the information exchange has proved useful and interesting.
So to confirm, on a stand alone PC running Edubuntu it should come with Orca as part of the Live CD? Ian -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Steve Lee Sent: 02 October 2007 10:35 To: Jude DaShiell Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: Accessability in Edubuntu On 02/10/2007, Jude DaShiell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I can tell you exactly how well orca will work in a thin client > environment and I can explain why. Orca requires a thick client to work > at all, and it requires broad band access. Without those two components > in place it will not work at all. I can't comment on Orca so I'll just make a couple of general points as thin clients need to support AT as well. In the UK education section (schoolforge.org.uk) thin client is one of the key advantages of FOSS that can be promoted (saving cash, ease admin). I have limited knowledge but believe the situation should not be as bad as you present. I just needs some concentrated effort. * X, (the linux display system) is naturally thin client. LTSP just gets it going and in usual desktop situations the display happens to be on the same box as the client software. Thus most programs will 'just work' thin client as far as display and common input is concerned unless they have worked around it somehow. The Accessibility APIs also work in this distributed model * I understand sound now works with LTSP. * As far as performance/bandwidth is concerned yes thin client pushes the load onto infrastructure and servers. The X protocol is pretty good and optimisations are available (NX, ndiyo). The graphics packages that many programs and widget sets use work hard to reduce bandwidth too (e.g cairo). www.schoolforge.org.uk/index.php/Assistive_Technology_with_Terminal_Servers -- Steve Lee -- Open Source Assistive Technology Software PowerTalk - your presentations can speak for themselves www.fullmeasure.co.uk -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility
