Hi All: What I think is really cool here is that we are seeing a new class of users being empowered by OpenSolaris. These users are able to download and install OpenSolaris independently, without sighted assistance. It's way cool, and I want to see us get even better for 2009.04.
> Getting OpenSolaris on a usb stick should be relatively easy. > Here's the latest image: > http://www.genunix.org/distributions/indiana/osol-0811.usb > The size of the image is 825M. > And here's a guide to use it: > http://blogs.sun.com/rv/entry/getting_opensolaris_into_an_usb Right now, it looks like it's a Catch-22 in that you need to have installed OpenSolaris before you can make a USB stick to boot the live image. Is there a way for people coming from Linux or Windows to create a USB stick? I've not tried it, but maybe it's possible to boot from the Live CD, download the appropriate files/images and then create a USB stick without needing to install OpenSolaris? > As for the espeak and orca availability right from the live image, > I believe they are there: > orca is in SUNWgnome-a11y-reader > espeak in SUNWespeak Orca will also come up speaking on the 2008.11 Live CD if you boot using the "screen reader" GRUB option at the bottom of the list of entries. You can read more about the accessible install instructions here: http://opensolaris.org/os/project/indiana/status/accessibility/AccessibleLiveCd/ > I don't think GNOME can save your session, but if you need to add > programs that start automatically when you log in, try > System -> Preferences -> Sessions -> Startup Programs -> Add Just an additional note: the GNOME-recommended way to start assistive technologies is different from the Startup Programs method. You can get to it via the System->Preferences->Assistive Technologies dialog. Orca also provides a feature in its preferences GUI that accomplishes the same thing -- you select the "Start Orca when you login" checkbox in the General tab of the preferences dialog. Will > Regards, > hnhn > > > Mgr. Janusz Chmiel wrote: >> Dear core developers of Opensolaris, >> >> I would like to please You, if you would be so kind and if You would >> provide here direct link on A WEB page, which is describing The procedure >> for creating USB startup flash disk with Opensolaris. If there is no >> document, please try to write The procedure in this mailing list. Including >> USB flashdisk syze which is required for saving Opensolaris on it. And >> including which tool or which file system should be The flash disk >> formatted. There was some procedure, which was necessary for including Orca >> to this startup flash boot disk, so if would be possible to repair this >> issue in The future, it would be very nice. My last question is, if there is >> possible to save configuration of active applications, such as Orca screen >> reader written in Python, or no. >> >> I would like to intensively test Opensolaris, but using it with my Matshita >> DVD RAM drive is probably not good idea, because intensive working with >> laser head could overburn The mothors and laser head too, but if I can be >> openheart to YOur development team, You have made The best Unix based >> distribution, which can be used with Espeak and Orca. I know, that big >> thank's should be addressed by MR Willie Walker and Sun microsystems >> company, but Yours distribution was able to enable visually impaired users >> to use Espak with Orca without big latency while fast pressing keys, this >> was never possible. And speech-dispatcher do not have to be used. >> >> So thank You very much, that You cooperated with MR Willie Walker >> and with The Sun microsystems company. Your core developers are very near to >> The ammazing fact, Yours distribution will be very probably The fastly >> responding Unix based distribution, which would be usable by many visually >> impaired users. >> Thank You very much for Yours programmers difficult work. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> indiana-discuss mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/indiana-discuss > _______________________________________________ indiana-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/indiana-discuss
