Re: Sonar GNU Linux merges with Vinux

2017-03-15 Thread Kyle
Yes. Vinux will have one more release based on Ubuntu 16.04. Sent from the bridge -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility

Re: Sonar GNU Linux merges with Vinux

2017-03-15 Thread Milton
Many thanks Rob and also for your hard work! Milton Op 15-03-17 om 13:01 schreef Rob Whyte: Hey there Milton, nice to see you about. Yes I guess it will be Vinux 7 indeed. We are still in early stages of planning. We have secured servers etc to develop and build packages on and are planning

Re: Sonar GNU Linux merges with Vinux

2017-03-15 Thread Rob Whyte
Hey there Milton, nice to see you about. Yes I guess it will be Vinux 7 indeed. We are still in early stages of planning. We have secured servers etc to develop and build packages on and are planning our build process. Basically trying to get our ducks in a row as one would say. Stay tuned

Re: Sonar GNU Linux merges with Vinux

2017-03-15 Thread Milton
Hi Rob, Great news! Will Vinux 7 based on Fedora and when will the release be planned? Milton Op 15-03-17 om 12:53 schreef Rob Whyte: Hi Werwoelfchen, It is our hope to complete our Ubuntu 16.04.2 release of Vinux 6 and support that whilst we work on a Fedora release. Hope this addresses

Re: Sonar GNU Linux merges with Vinux

2017-03-15 Thread Werwoelfchen
Hi Rob, that means, one day there will be both releases. Regards Am 15.03.2017 um 12:53 schrieb Rob Whyte: Hi Werwoelfchen, It is our hope to complete our Ubuntu 16.04.2 release of Vinux 6 and support that whilst we work on a Fedora release. Hope this addresses your query sufficiently

Re: Sonar GNU Linux merges with Vinux

2017-03-15 Thread Rob Whyte
Hi Werwoelfchen, It is our hope to complete our Ubuntu 16.04.2 release of Vinux 6 and support that whilst we work on a Fedora release. Hope this addresses your query sufficiently. Cheers Rob On 15/03/17 22:49, Werwoelfchen wrote: > > Hi, > Will the Vinux project finish the Ubunt

Re: Sonar GNU Linux merges with Vinux

2017-03-15 Thread Werwoelfchen
Hi, Will the Vinux project finish the Ubuntu support? Regards, Wolfram Am 15.03.2017 um 12:21 schrieb Rob Whyte: Sonar merges with the Vinux Project. http://www.sonargnulinux.com and http://www.vinuxproject.org team up. Exciting news for the Sonar and Vinux communities. A special meeting was

Sonar GNU Linux merges with Vinux

2017-03-15 Thread Rob Whyte
Sonar merges with the Vinux Project. http://www.sonargnulinux.com and http://www.vinuxproject.org team up. Exciting news for the Sonar and Vinux communities. A special meeting was held early 2017 between core Sonar and Vinux team members. It was agreed that the two projects will be working

Vinux 5.1 released

2017-01-18 Thread Rob Whyte
The Vinux team is pleased to announce the availability of the Vinux 5.1 desktop image. This release features not just the Unity Desktop, but Gnome-shell and the ever popular Gnome 2 fork called Mate, though we primarily will support Unity only. Remember we recommend that when possible users

Vinux 5.0 released

2015-11-03 Thread Rob Whyte
= The Vinux team is pleased to announce the availability of the Vinux 5.0 desktop image. = This release features not just the Unity Desktop, but Gnome-shell and the ever popular Gnome 2 fork called Mate, though we primarily will support Unity only. Remember we recommend that

Re: VINUX-SUPPORT: Introduction of my project

2015-11-03 Thread Devin Prater
I'm sure now of 2 things: >> it's The solution to get an accessible computer in long-term, but its >> diversity results on a need of fulltime work on the matter. I love the work >> on distros such as Vinux, about which I'm writing a manual to learn >> computing (ver

Re : Re: VINUX-SUPPORT: Introduction of my project

2015-11-03 Thread MENGUAL Jean-Philippe
27;m sure now of 2 > >> things: > >> it's The solution to get an accessible computer in long-term, but its > >> diversity results on a need of fulltime work on the matter. I love the work > >> on distros such as Vinux, about which I'm writing a manual t

Re: VINUX-SUPPORT: Introduction of my project

2015-11-02 Thread B. Henry
d I'm sure now of 2 things: > it's The solution to get an accessible computer in long-term, but its > diversity results on a need of fulltime work on the matter. I love the work > on distros such as Vinux, about which I'm writing a manual to learn > computing (very long as I&

Re: accessing c drive with vinux live cd

2015-05-02 Thread Christopher Chaltain
-accessibility-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of Christopher Chaltain Sent: Saturday, May 02, 2015 2:20 PM To: 'Ubuntu Accessibility' Subject: Re: accessing c drive with vinux live cd Bring up Nautilus, which you'll find in your launcher as either home or files, go into the View pulldown a

RE: accessing c drive with vinux live cd

2015-05-02 Thread rodney jackson
: Saturday, May 02, 2015 2:20 PM To: 'Ubuntu Accessibility' Subject: Re: accessing c drive with vinux live cd Bring up Nautilus, which you'll find in your launcher as either home or files, go into the View pulldown and the Side bar menu and make sure Places is checked. Now you should

Re: accessing c drive with vinux live cd

2015-05-02 Thread Christopher Chaltain
r an older version of Ubuntu. Vinux 4 is running Ubuntu 12.04. On 05/02/2015 01:54 PM, rodney jackson wrote: I am trying to pull data off a dell mini that has windows xp So I booted up computer using vinux 4.0 live cd Hit alt F10 went to accessories' and went to disk utility Which I saw the

accessing c drive with vinux live cd

2015-05-02 Thread rodney jackson
I am trying to pull data off a dell mini that has windows xp So I booted up computer using vinux 4.0 live cd Hit alt F10 went to accessories' and went to disk utility Which I saw the 160gb hard disk and tabbed to mount But now I can not figure out how to access the files. Was there some

[FWD: and...@pipkrokodil.se] VINUX-SUPPORT: Sofware center keeps refreshing.

2015-02-18 Thread B. Henry
This was asked on another list, and I do not know the answer. Anyone? -- B.H. Registerd Linux User 521886 - Forwarded message from Anders Holmberg - Subject: VINUX-SUPPORT: Sofware center keeps refreshing. Hi! Is it possible to make Ubuntu software center not to refresh evry

Re: can't remove partitions in Vinux

2014-04-07 Thread blind Pete
Luke Yelavich wrote: > On Mon, Apr 07, 2014 at 05:50:08PM EST, blind Pete wrote: >> Is your hard disk GPT or MBR? You could try gdisk or cgdisk >> for the former. For the latter try fdisk or cfdisk. > > I would argue to still use gparted. This is due to modern disks, > particularly advanced for

Re: can't remove partitions in Vinux

2014-04-07 Thread Luke Yelavich
On Mon, Apr 07, 2014 at 05:50:08PM EST, blind Pete wrote: > Is your hard disk GPT or MBR? You could try gdisk or cgdisk > for the former. For the latter try fdisk or cfdisk. I would argue to still use gparted. This is due to modern disks, particularly advanced format drives requiring correct

Re: can't remove partitions in Vinux

2014-04-07 Thread blind Pete
Luke Yelavich wrote: > On Sat, Apr 05, 2014 at 02:07:46PM EST, Lenny wrote: >> Hi, >> I messed my install of Vinux, so I booted up to a live copy, of the same >> version, 4.0, and in the terminal, I have tried unmounting some >> partitions from the messed Vinux and

Re: can't remove partitions in Vinux

2014-04-06 Thread Luke Yelavich
On Sat, Apr 05, 2014 at 02:07:46PM EST, Lenny wrote: > Hi, > I messed my install of Vinux, so I booted up to a live copy, of the same > version, 4.0, and in the terminal, I have tried unmounting some partitions > from the messed Vinux and although they say unmounted when I run: &

can't remove partitions in Vinux

2014-04-04 Thread Lenny
Hi, I messed my install of Vinux, so I booted up to a live copy, of the same version, 4.0, and in the terminal, I have tried unmounting some partitions from the messed Vinux and although they say unmounted when I run: sudo umount /dev/sda5 and sudo umount /dev/sda2 these partitions won'

Re: Vinux Keyboard commands

2014-03-31 Thread Rob Whyte
Hi Glen, Please take a look and explore of the Vinux wiki. http://wiki.vinuxproject.org As the Vinux community have worked hard to make sure there is lots of goodies there that would be the first place to start. Specifically here for getting used to Unity. http://wiki.vinuxproject.org/unit <h

Support for Vinux and Ubuntu Accessibility monthly subscriptions available

2014-03-31 Thread Gabe Vega
Hello: this is cross posted and is being posted as a for your information as requested by the Vinux Support list to the Vinux support list and I am sorry if it is off topic for the Ubuntu Accessibility list. My name is Gabe Vega, CEO of Commtech LLC. I am writing you all today to give you

Vinux Keyboard commands

2014-03-31 Thread Lenny
Hi, I've been searching to find a list of keyboard commands for Vinux. This Ubuntu, 12.04, is challenging, and the old menu ways don't work much. Can someone send me a list of Vinux, or otherwise, Ubuntu 12.04 keyboard shortcuts? I am sure that there are some specific to Vinux, but

Fwd: VINUX-SUPPORT: FOSDEM

2013-08-27 Thread MENGUAL Jean-Philippe
Message original Sujet: VINUX-SUPPORT: FOSDEM Date : Mon, 26 Aug 2013 15:44:16 +0200 (CEST) De :mengualjean...@free.fr Répondre à :vinux-supp...@googlegroups.com Pour : vinux-supp...@googlegroups.com, debian-a...@lists.debian.org, accessibil...@april.org, li

Re: [Support] Fwd: VINUX-SUPPORT: FOSDEM

2013-08-27 Thread Jonathan Nadeau
I would love to but I don't have the traveling costs to do that. On 08/27/2013 02:33 AM, MENGUAL Jean-Philippe wrote: > > > > Message original > Sujet:VINUX-SUPPORT: FOSDEM > Date :Mon, 26 Aug 2013 15:44:16 +0200 (CEST) > De : mengual

Re: [orca-list] Subscribing to the Vinux support list [was "Re: VINUX-SUPPORT: RE: Ubuntu Unity Desktop to go to Mir and QT"]

2013-07-28 Thread Jean-Philippe MENGUAL
Hi, On vendredi 26 juil. 2013 à 13:22:47 (-0500), Christopher Chaltain wrote: > If you're trying to subscribe to the Vinux support list, try sending > a blank email message to vinux-support+subscr...@googlegroups.com Thanks, it works. However, all the messages I send now to

Re: [orca-list] VINUX-SUPPORT: RE: Ubuntu Unity Desktop to go to Mir and QT

2013-07-28 Thread Jean-Philippe MENGUAL
Hi, Ok, but I cannot subscribe on vinux-list. The only access point I find is a javascript interface and I've not a suitable browser. So how can I subscribe? Anyway, as you say, personally, I've my current am]iers about Vinux and I'll test next week. Regards, On vendredi 26 jui

Re: [orca-list] VINUX-SUPPORT: RE: Ubuntu Unity Desktop to go to Mir and QT

2013-07-28 Thread Jean-Philippe MENGUAL
Hi, Ok, but I cannot subscribe on vinux-list. The only access point I find is a javascript interface and I've not a suitable browser. So how can I subscribe? Anyway, as you say, personally, I've my current am]iers about Vinux and I'll test next week. Regards, On vendredi 26 jui

Re: [orca-list] Subscribing to the Vinux support list [was "Re: VINUX-SUPPORT: RE: Ubuntu Unity Desktop to go to Mir and QT"]

2013-07-28 Thread Christopher Chaltain
If you're using a Gmail address then you won't see your own posts to a Google Groups mailing list. On 07/28/2013 08:43 AM, Jean-Philippe MENGUAL wrote: Hi, On vendredi 26 juil. 2013 à 13:22:47 (-0500), Christopher Chaltain wrote: If you're trying to subscribe to the Vinux su

Subscribing to the Vinux support list [was "Re: [orca-list] VINUX-SUPPORT: RE: Ubuntu Unity Desktop to go to Mir and QT"]

2013-07-26 Thread Christopher Chaltain
If you're trying to subscribe to the Vinux support list, try sending a blank email message to vinux-support+subscr...@googlegroups.com On 07/26/2013 08:08 AM, Jean-Philippe MENGUAL wrote: Hi, Ok, but I cannot subscribe on vinux-list. The only access point I find is a javascript interfac

Re: [orca-list] VINUX-SUPPORT: RE: Ubuntu Unity Desktop to go to Mir and QT

2013-07-25 Thread Rob Whyte
or not I >> should >> project trying to come back to Ubuntu in April of next year or not. You >> see, I happen to be that very odd thing called a fan. I follow them on >> Twitter, I like them on facebook, I read about them online and I have >> even >>

RE: [orca-list] VINUX-SUPPORT: RE: Ubuntu Unity Desktop to go to Mir and QT

2013-07-24 Thread Alex Midence
13 11:05 PM To: Alex Midence Cc: Christopher Chaltain; vinux-supp...@googlegroups.com; 'Ubuntu Accessibility Mailing List'; orca-l...@gnome.org Subject: Re: [orca-list] VINUX-SUPPORT: RE: Ubuntu Unity Desktop to go to Mir and QT On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 01:33:34PM EST, Alex Midence wrote: &

RE: [orca-list] VINUX-SUPPORT: RE: Ubuntu Unity Desktop to go to Mir and QT

2013-07-24 Thread Alex Midence
-list [mailto:orca-list-boun...@gnome.org] On Behalf Of Christopher Chaltain Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2013 3:17 PM To: vinux-supp...@googlegroups.com Cc: 'Ubuntu Accessibility Mailing List'; orca-l...@gnome.org Subject: Re: [orca-list] VINUX-SUPPORT: RE: Ubuntu Unity Desktop to go to Mir

Re: [orca-list] VINUX-SUPPORT: RE: Ubuntu Unity Desktop to go to Mir and QT

2013-07-24 Thread Al Sten-Clanton
h [mailto:them...@ubuntu.com] Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2013 11:05 PM To: Alex Midence Cc: Christopher Chaltain; vinux-supp...@googlegroups.com; 'Ubuntu Accessibility Mailing List'; orca-l...@gnome.org Subject: Re: [orca-list] VINUX-SUPPORT: RE: Ubuntu Unity Desktop to go to Mir and QT On We

Re: [orca-list] VINUX-SUPPORT: RE: Ubuntu Unity Desktop to go to Mir and QT

2013-07-24 Thread Jean-Philippe MENGUAL
Hi, Thanks Luke for this very interesting mail. I'm aware of accessibility issues in the modern free software world, and I try everyday to go on belfeving more success, even if I'm disappointed by recent GUI. But I go on trying to understand. You say that GNOME shell works fine today. I feel tha

RE: [orca-list] VINUX-SUPPORT: RE: Ubuntu Unity Desktop to go to Mir and QT

2013-07-24 Thread Alex Midence
en readers this time. I don't know if either of these is true though, so, don't quote me. Alex M -Original Message- From: orca-list [mailto:orca-list-boun...@gnome.org] On Behalf Of Al Sten-Clanton Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2013 11:57 AM To: Christopher J Chaltain Cc: vinux-supp

Re: [orca-list] VINUX-SUPPORT: RE: Ubuntu Unity Desktop to go to Mir and QT

2013-07-24 Thread Christopher Chaltain
ime. I don't know if either of these is true though, so, don't quote me. Alex M -Original Message- From: orca-list [mailto:orca-list-boun...@gnome.org] On Behalf Of Al Sten-Clanton Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2013 11:57 AM To: Christopher J Chaltain Cc: vinux-supp...@googlegroups

Re: [orca-list] VINUX-SUPPORT: RE: Ubuntu Unity Desktop to go to Mir and QT

2013-07-24 Thread Christopher Chaltain
...@gnome.org] On Behalf Of Christopher Chaltain Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2013 3:17 PM To: vinux-supp...@googlegroups.com Cc: 'Ubuntu Accessibility Mailing List'; orca-l...@gnome.org Subject: Re: [orca-list] VINUX-SUPPORT: RE: Ubuntu Unity Desktop to go to Mir and QT I know you didn't say

Re: [orca-list] VINUX-SUPPORT: RE: Ubuntu Unity Desktop to go to Mir and QT

2013-07-24 Thread Christopher Chaltain
I don't see why they can't hire you a couple of assistants to help distribute the workload. However, those decisions are beyond our control. Speaking for myself, I am personally very appreciative of all the work you have put in. Best regards, Alex M -Original Message- From:

Re: [orca-list] VINUX-SUPPORT: RE: Ubuntu Unity Desktop to go to Mir and QT

2013-07-24 Thread Krishnakant Mane
know about working on Android accessibility. If canonical is going to expand into all these other markets, I don't see why they can't hire you a couple of assistants to help distribute the workload. However, those decisions are beyond our control. Speaking for myself, I am personally v

Re: [orca-list] VINUX-SUPPORT: RE: Ubuntu Unity Desktop to go to Mir and QT

2013-07-24 Thread Christopher Chaltain
o expand into all these other markets, I don't see why they can't hire you a couple of assistants to help distribute the workload. However, those decisions are beyond our control. Speaking for myself, I am personally very appreciative of all the work you have put in. Best regards, Alex M

Re: [orca-list] VINUX-SUPPORT: RE: Ubuntu Unity Desktop to go to Mir and QT

2013-07-24 Thread Christopher J Chaltain
you have put in. Best regards, Alex M -Original Message- From: Luke Yelavich [mailto:them...@ubuntu.com] Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2013 11:05 PM To: Alex Midence Cc: Christopher Chaltain; vinux-supp...@googlegroups.com; 'Ubuntu Accessibility Mailing List'; orca-l...@gnome.org Su

Re: VINUX-SUPPORT: RE: [orca-list] [Kde-accessibility] Ubuntu Unity Desktop to go to Mir and QT

2013-07-24 Thread Krishnakant Mane
m...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2013 8:42 AM To: Alex Midence Cc: 'Frederik Gladhorn'; kde-accessibil...@kde.org; vinux-supp...@googlegroups.com; 'Ubuntu Accessibility Mailing List'; orca-l...@gnome.org Subject: Re: [orca-list] [Kde-accessibility] Ubuntu Unity Desktop to

Re: [orca-list] VINUX-SUPPORT: RE: Ubuntu Unity Desktop to go to Mir and QT

2013-07-23 Thread Alex Midence
y who freely give of their time to make things accessible. However, it was disappointing to finally have gotten a very accessible port of Unity in 12.04 only to be told that we were back to poor a11y in other versions of the distro for at the very least 2 full years. This was at a time when

Re: [orca-list] VINUX-SUPPORT: RE: Ubuntu Unity Desktop to go to Mir and QT

2013-07-23 Thread Luke Yelavich
On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 01:33:34PM EST, Alex Midence wrote: > Also, for the record, I fully recognize and appreciate all the hard > work of the developers of the Ubuntu community who freely give of > their time to make things accessible. However, it was disappointing > to finally have gotten a ver

Re: VINUX-SUPPORT: RE: [orca-list] Ubuntu Unity Desktop to go to Mir and QT

2013-07-23 Thread Christopher Chaltain
g and answer the question if you can, please. Thank you. Alex M -Original Message- From: orca-list [mailto:orca-list-boun...@gnome.org] On Behalf Of Christopher Chaltain Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2013 2:58 PM To: Ubuntu Accessibility Mailing List Cc: vinux-supp...@googlegroups.com; orca-l..

Re: [orca-list] Vinux 4.0 now released

2013-06-10 Thread Alex Midence
Very exciting! Well done, you guys! Console speech just works?! Very impressive! I am very eager to try this out. Has anyone, by any chance, gun emacspeak to work on it? Best regards, Alex M Sent from my iPhone On May 31, 2013, at 9:02 PM, Rob Whyte wrote: > The Vinux team is pleased

Vinux 4.0 now released

2013-06-10 Thread Rob Whyte
The Vinux team is pleased to announce the availability of Vinux 4.0 CD and DVD images. This is the first Vinux release featuring the Unity-2d Desktop which improves on transition to Vinux and introduces newer and increasingly stable accessibility features. We now recommend that when possible

Podcast on Vinux 4.0 - an interview with Rob Whyte

2013-06-01 Thread Peter torpey
Listen to an interview with Rob Whyte about the new Vinux release on Eyes On Success, a half hour weekly radio show / podcast which covers a wide variety of topics of interest to the visually impaired. Below are links to the show and associated show notes as well as links to the web page where

Vinux 4.0 now released

2013-05-31 Thread Rob Whyte
The Vinux team is pleased to announce the availability of Vinux 4.0 CD and DVD images. This is the first Vinux release featuring the Unity-2d Desktop which improves on transition to Vinux and introduces newer and increasingly stable accessibility features. We now recommend that when possible

Vinux with Voxin

2012-07-15 Thread Lenny
Hi, I have been installing Vinux onto a thumb drive, an 8GB thumb drive. Every time I try to install Voxin, it will sometimes act like it installed okay, and other times, the Voxin does not install, in fact, the speech goes out in the middle of the install. I have tried it using the USB install

Re: [VINUX-SUPPORT] A Cry for Help--I broke Gedit "save-as" file chooser!

2012-01-02 Thread Robert D. Crawford
Hey Dave, If the same dialog works in other GNOME applications I would probably try to remove and re-install gedit. Sometimes it makes more sense to take 2 minutes to start over than 2 hours to track the problem. Best regards, rdc Dave Hunt writes: > Running Ubuntu 11.10 and using Gnome fallb

Re: Installing Vinux

2011-12-31 Thread Christopher Chaltain
I'd suggest taking this question to the Vinux support list. The details for the list are as follows: To post to this group, send email to vinux-supp...@googlegroups.com. To subscribe to this group, send email to vinux-support+subscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at:

Installing Vinux

2011-12-31 Thread Lenny
Hi, I thought I'd give Vinux a try using the DVD version of the Ubuntu 11.04 Ubuntu. I installed it with the latest version of Universal USB pendrive installer onto a 4GB thumbdrive. After it installed, I only get a shell like screen that has a prompt reading "boot:". Is there

Re: [VINUX-DEVELOPMENT] Orca caps-lock fix

2011-11-19 Thread Bill Cox
Thanks for generating this patch, Attila. It looks good to me. Bill 2011/11/10 Hammer Attila : > Hy Bill, > > I tryed your last attached patch with my Oneiric system, The patch works > wonderful with Orca master version. Thank you this patch. > I attaching now a git diff command generated patch.

Re: [VINUX-DEVELOPMENT] Orca caps-lock fix

2011-11-10 Thread Hammer Attila
Hy Bill, I tryed your last attached patch with my Oneiric system, The patch works wonderful with Orca master version. Thank you this patch. I attaching now a git diff command generated patch. Beginner users easyest appliing this patch, if already downloaded for example with Orca master version

Re: [VINUX-DEVELOPMENT] Orca caps-lock fix

2011-11-09 Thread Bill Cox
> setxkbmap -option > > I've attached diff files created with diff -Naur. The orca.py patch > is fairly simple. The down side is that it requires the new orca mode > in the xkb configuration, so these patches have to be in sync. > > Bill > > -- > You received this messa

Vinux featured on ViewPoints

2011-09-07 Thread Peter torpey
I thought some folks on this list might be interested to know that the Vinux project was recently featured on the ViewPoints radio show / podcast. ViewPoints is a weekly, half hour show that focuses on a wide range of topics of interest to people with low vision. Previous topics have included

Vinux Survey

2011-07-09 Thread Tony Sales
I have set up a survey to collect feedback from people who use or have tried Vinux. I created using LimeSurvey and it seems to be very accessible with Orca. There are thirty questions in total and all of these are mandatory apart from the last question which allows you to provide any additional

Re: Vinux 3.2 Released!

2011-06-28 Thread Arky
Hi Run wget inside a screen session or use nohup command. If you are trying to download from a network connectivity issues use the following command. wget -c -t 0 -T 20 example.com/new.iso HTH Regards, - Arky Free Software Developer& ICT Consultant Hanoi, Vietnam Blog - http://playingwit

Re: Vinux 3.2 Released!

2011-06-28 Thread Jude DaShiell
gt; example. > What about a USB edition? > David > > David Sexton > +91 9400223351 > > > On 6/27/2011 11:44 PM, Tony Sales wrote: > > I am happy to announce the release of Vinux 3.2 based on Ubuntu 11.04 - this > > is a cutting edge release featuring the late

Re: Vinux 3.2 Released!

2011-06-27 Thread David Sexton
Great work! Is there a more accurate way to download this other than http? torrent for example. What about a USB edition? David David Sexton +91 9400223351 On 6/27/2011 11:44 PM, Tony Sales wrote: I am happy to announce the release of Vinux 3.2 based on Ubuntu 11.04 - this is a cutting

Vinux 3.2 Released!

2011-06-27 Thread Tony Sales
I am happy to announce the release of Vinux 3.2 based on Ubuntu 11.04 - this is a cutting edge release featuring the latest versions of Orca (3.1.2-xdesktop) and Speech-Dispatcher (0.8~2784+13~maverick1) from the daily build repos. This version is available as CD and DVD in both 32 and 64 bit

Two Vinux questions: the network adapter and shell access (was: Re: Searching for a preconfigured Ubuntu image with Orca (VMware))

2011-04-23 Thread René Linke
Hi, Thank you for your detailed instructions. :) Vinux is now running in VMware :) *happy* During the upgrade process the network/internet connection was failured. And as next I'd like to access in with WinSCP. Is it possible in VMware? Thanks. -René -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing

Vinux 3.0.1 Released!

2011-03-09 Thread Anthony Sales
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

Fwd: [VINUX-SUPPORT] Vinux 3.1 Virtual Edition now released!

2010-12-14 Thread Dave Hunt
Begin forwarded message: > From: Mobeen Iqbal > Date: December 14, 2010 4:37:33 PM EST > To: vinux-supp...@googlegroups.com > Subject: [VINUX-SUPPORT] Vinux 3.1 Virtual Edition now released! > Reply-To: vinux-supp...@googlegroups.com > > I am pleased to announce the

Vinux 3.1 Released

2010-12-08 Thread Anthony Sales
Sorry link was incomplete - http://vinux.org.uk/downloads.html -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility

Vinux 3.1 Released

2010-12-08 Thread Anthony Sales
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

Vinux 3.0 USB and DVD Editions!

2010-06-23 Thread Anthony Sales
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

Vinux to be used as Ubuntu Accessibility testing platform.

2010-06-10 Thread Luke Yelavich
Hi all I may have told a few people here and there over the past few weeks, but I have decided to use Vinux as a test platform for accessibility related features. The plan is to test such features, make sure they are well implemented, and then as time and code/setup maturity permits, they will

Vinux 3.0 Released!

2010-06-01 Thread Anthony Sales
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

FW: Vinux 3.0 Released!

2010-06-01 Thread Anthony Sales
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

Vinux 3.0 released!

2010-06-01 Thread Tony Sales
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 support

vinux

2010-05-30 Thread abdul basit
hello group today i install ubuntu on my pc i want to install voxsin tts i don't no Howe it will work please tell me how to do thanks! abdul basit email: zps...@hotmail.com skipe: zps2121-- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/l

Re: Strange behavior when reading but Child in Vinux Lucid

2010-04-29 Thread Dave Hunt
y will be spoken every two or three. This may also >happen when moving word-wise. >I wonder what combination of speech dispatcher, espeak, and orca settings will >fix this? > >Great job on Vinux 3 rc 1. > >Dave H. > >-- >Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list >Ubu

Strange behavior when reading but Child in Vinux Lucid

2010-04-29 Thread Dave Hunt
fix this? Great job on Vinux 3 rc 1. Dave H. -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility

Reversed Shift in Vinux Lucid RC 1

2010-04-29 Thread Dave Hunt
After installing the subject distro and restarting the system, I logged in, and opened a web site. When trying to log onto the site, I discovered that my username and password were in all upper-case. Furthermore, all terminal inmput was in upper case, as well. Holding shift allowed me to g

Netbook now running Vinux (Lucid)

2010-04-14 Thread Dave Hunt
Hi, List! Thanks for all your suggestions re: my troubles with making and using usb installers. I was able to create a Vinux Lucid alpha 3 usb, using unetbootin. I'm using the machine and noticing lots of lag in the speech. Also, this Orca has trouble staying focused. My right alt ke

Re: vinux 2.1

2010-02-26 Thread Hugh Sasse
There seems to be a developers list at vinux-developm...@googlegroups.com according to http://groups.google.com/group/vinux-development I see no evidence of a users list at the moment. HTH Hugh On Fri, 26 Feb 2010, Kenny Hitt wrote: > Hi. The Vinux developers should h

Re: vinux 2.1

2010-02-26 Thread Kenny Hitt
Hi. The Vinux developers should have there own mailing list. In linux, setting up a mailing list is easy. Not sure of it's address, but this list is about Ubuntu and not vinux. Kenny On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 07:05:02AM -0500, chad wrote: > Hi not sure where to post this I do

vinux 2.1

2010-02-26 Thread chad
Hi not sure where to post this I downloaded vinux 2.1 the big iso and can't get it installed. The cd spins and I get no speech. I had a sighted person read it and it said buffering and the numbers kept climbing. -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: Accessible install and Vinux?

2010-02-02 Thread Hammer Attila
t a good way, because resulting security risk. Bill, you would like a separate Vinux like iso with Ubuntu Lucid, or would like integrated normal Ubuntu Lucid iso with supports Vinux style accessible desktop features? I ask this, if you would like an integrated solution, for example if I would

Re: Accessible install and Vinux?

2010-02-01 Thread Luke Yelavich
On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 07:27:58AM PST, Bill Cox wrote: > I think Lucid is on track to be a fabulous distro for accessibility. > I'm working on a Vinux ISO based on Ubuntu Lucid, and I'm pretty > excited about it. > > However, even better than having a separate ISO would

Accessible install and Vinux?

2010-01-31 Thread Bill Cox
I think Lucid is on track to be a fabulous distro for accessibility. I'm working on a Vinux ISO based on Ubuntu Lucid, and I'm pretty excited about it. However, even better than having a separate ISO would be having a Vinux-like install option. Is there any chance that the we Vinux

vinux Distribution

2010-01-03 Thread Martin McCormick
Hellow, list; I installed vinux which is a version of Debian Linux that is optimized for blind and visually-impaired users so it comes up speaking. This is a little gem. As the owner of several still-serviceable but older computers, vinux gives new life to them. I tried the

Vinux 2.1 Leviathan Edition!

2009-11-09 Thread Anthony Sales
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

Vinux CLI 2.1: dna, std and max editions!

2009-11-05 Thread Anthony Sales
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 to

Vinux 2.0 Command Line Interface Edition - Release Announcement

2009-10-23 Thread Anthony Sales
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

Re: Vinux 2.0 help list address?

2009-09-30 Thread Hugh Sasse
On Wed, 30 Sep 2009, Dave Hunt wrote: > I have some issues with Vinux 2.0 and am looking for a user help list. > Anyone have an address to which I can subscribe? Details of the developer list seem to be here: http://groups.google.com/group/vinux-development but I don't see a users l

Vinux 2.0 help list address?

2009-09-30 Thread Dave Hunt
I have some issues with Vinux 2.0 and am looking for a user help list. Anyone have an address to which I can subscribe? Thanks, Dave -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility

Corrected URL's Vinux 2.0 Virtual and USB Editions!

2009-09-12 Thread Anthony Sales
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://vi

Vinux 2.0 Virtual and USB Editions!

2009-09-12 Thread Anthony Sales
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

Vinux 2.0 Released!

2009-09-01 Thread Anthony Sales
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

Vinux 2.0 Beta 1 Released!

2009-08-17 Thread Anthony Sales
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

Untested vinux/ubuntu 9.04 x64 ISO available

2009-07-08 Thread Bill Cox
I have put a "developer" version of "vinux" on my home server which in theory is similar to vinux 1.5, but based on Ubuntu 9.04 x64. It requires a DVD or USB key to install, since it's about 1.2G. I've labeled it 'alpha1', but that's generous, since

Re: Ubuntu, Debian and Vinux!

2009-06-29 Thread reSet Sakrecoer
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

Ubuntu, Debian and Vinux!

2009-06-29 Thread Anthony Sales
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. Wh

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