as in Lubuntu, Xubuntu, Kubuntu, Ubuntu. if ever you find something that doesn't work or could be improved, please file a bug immediateness. Telling the various mailing lists would help too.
On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 1:30 PM, Jonathan Nadeau <j.nad...@charter.net>wrote: > By flavors do you mean Desktop environments? Is so I've tried them all > and can tell you what I know. > > On 04/25/2013 09:33 PM, Jackson Doak wrote: > > not to take focus away from lubuntu here, but jonathan and fernado, could > you both try all of the flavours and try and find bugs in the accessablity > stuff? > > > On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 11:30 AM, Jonathan Nadeau > <j.nad...@charter.net>wrote: > >> I third Fernando's suggestion for accessibility both he and I are blind >> GNU/Linux users and would love to see Lubuntu accessible. I've done a lot >> of work with it and have most of it accessible. The only problem I have >> right now is making the panel accessible to the Orca screen reader. There >> aren't a lot of changes that need to be made to get it as accessible as I >> have it now. I would like to put off the Razor QT desktop for a while. I >> have tested it and it is some what accessible but needs a lot of work. I >> think in the next year it can improve greatly. At some point if anyone >> wants to know what i did to get lubuntu accessible let me know and we can >> talk. Thanks for all of your hard work on this project. >> >> On 04/25/2013 08:49 PM, Phill Whiteside wrote: >> >> Hi Boss, >> >> we did discuss, and finally went with a new desktop system once before. >> Provided, as then, we have a Plan 'B' (which we used), I'm sure none of the >> testers will have issues. (Well, they can scream at me! ) >> >> As one of the comments here has said. You fully know that one of my >> goals is for lubuntu to have full accessibility 'out of the box'. People >> needing accessibility are so often forgotten, or needing specifications of >> machines far beyond their budgets. >> >> The 'older, older' computers may not be around in 2017 if we do make an >> LTS 14.04 which still supports them, let's ensure that these people know >> that they will not be abandoned. >> >> Documentation on the CD... A whole new can of worms... how much room is >> spare on the CD and how many languages can we have it translated into? It >> is obviously possible and I look forward to discussing that further. >> >> But?..... Go For It !!!! >> >> Regards, >> >> Phill. >> >> >> On 26 April 2013 00:52, Julien Lavergne <gi...@ubuntu.com> wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> First and following Phill, I want to thank you all for this 13.04 >>> release. Releases after releases, it seems to go smoother than the >>> last one :-) >>> >>> However, it's time to think about the future. During the last cycle, >>> there were a lot of news from Canonical about the future of Ubuntu. >>> Lubuntu is part of the family, so every big changes in Ubuntu affect >>> Lubuntu. However, and I want to make it clear for anyone : Lubuntu is >>> a community project, with its own release schedules, its own choices … >>> >>> That's said, let's go with some ideas :-) What I'm going to say, it's >>> a very long proposal, open for discussions. But discussions mean >>> arguments if you have another opinion ;-) >>> >>> Next steps are 13.10, and 14.04 which should be a LTS version for >>> Ubuntu. Last LTS (12.04), I considered that we were not ready for such >>> commitment. I was also unsure of the work needed to make a good LTS. >>> With more experience, I have now a better vision of this goal. >>> >>> So, let's make it simple, I would like Lubuntu 14.04 to be a LTS version. >>> >>> But claiming we want a LTS its' not enough. First, we need to make it >>> stable enough, so we can safely claim it's a LTS, because people who >>> install a LTS want a stable system. But, I also would like to make it >>> sexy enough to be proud of it, to make people happy to recommend it. I >>> would like to make it THE release of Lubuntu, the reference of all >>> Lubuntu releases. To achieve it, I have several goals in mind, items >>> that I consider we need to finish for the LTS, and I think we can >>> finish them : >>> >>> - Finish lxsession, to make the system fully customizable and able to >>> run minimal set of applications by default (I'll talk about it later, >>> when you will be able to test it properly). >>> - Fully translatable : it's vital to make it available in a maximum of >>> languages >>> - Artwork : finish the icon theme for a GTK environment, finish the >>> other pieces of the artwork and its integration, to make Lubuntu even >>> more beautiful >>> >>> Another item I would like to add, but I'm not sure we will be able to >>> make it, it's an off-line documentation, or a nice manual. >>> >>> Of course, we need also the usual bug fixes and small improvements >>> everywhere, but the main focus should be on those topics. >>> >>> Also, soon we will need to decide which applications we want in this >>> LTS. We should do it in an other discussion, but it's the right time >>> to do big changes if we consider they are good. >>> >>> Considering all the big changes which may happen for 13.10, I'm also >>> thinking of the possibility to not do a proper 13.10 release, >>> depending of the state of 13.10 after all the big structural changes, >>> and near feature freeze. Again, it can be reconsidered in due time, >>> but we may keep this in mind. I'm prepared to drop 1 release if we can >>> do a very good 14.04 LTS. >>> >>> And after 14.04 ? >>> >>> Well, you probably know that Canonical is pushing for a Qt switch over >>> GTK, but also by changing it's display manager (MIR). You may know >>> also that LXDE is thinking about switching to Qt too, by joining >>> forces with Razor-qt desktop environment. All those changes may be an >>> opportunity to start another adventure, using Razor-qt as a base. It's >>> also a reason to release 14.04 as a LTS, because it could be the final >>> release with LXDE and GTK. We will also be free to make very big >>> changes for 14.10, because we know we have a LTS behind to recommend, >>> for a long time. >>> >>> To prepare this, I'll also work on a specific session (call QLubuntu, >>> pronounce it “Cute Lubuntu” ;-)), to test during 13.10 and 14.04, if >>> the option to go with Qt is possible. >>> >>> So, what do you think about it ? :-) >>> >>> Regards, >>> Julien Lavergne >>> >>> -- >>> Lubuntu-users mailing list >>> Lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com >>> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: >>> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/lubuntu-users >>> >>> -- >>> <https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/lubuntu-users> >>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/phillw >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Lubuntu-users mailing list >> Lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com >> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/lubuntu-users >> >> > >
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