-------- Forwarded Message -------- > From: drbongo <vinux.development at googlemail.com> > Reply-To: vinux-development at googlegroups.com > To: The Vinux Development Forum <vinux-development at googlegroups.com> > Subject: [VINUX] Vinux 2.0 Beta 1 Release Announcement! > Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2009 09:01:30 -0700 (PDT) > > I am happy to announce the release of the 1st Beta version of Vinux > 2.0! > There are a great many differences between this release and the > earlier > versions based on Ubuntu, and there are significant differences > between this release and the existing alpha versions so if you are > planning to try it out then please read the following information > very carefully to avoid unnecessary frustration and/or confusion. > > 1. This version is based on Debian Lenny 5.02 and although there are > many differences between Debian and Ubuntu the most significant one > is that although you can use 'sudo' on the live CD, once installed > you must use 'su' and then enter your administrator password to run > commands with root priveleges from the terminal. This provides an > extra layer of security over that offered by Ubuntu. An unusual > consequence of this is that I have had to decide which admin > applications > you are likely to use on the Live CD and which ones you are more > likely > to use once installed. Thus on the Live CD the only admin apps that > you > can launch from the menus are the installer, the partition editor and > the restore bootloader application. Once installed you will be able > to > launch all of the other admins apps apart from these three. Of course > you can launch any admin application at any time from the terminal > using > 'sudo' on the Live CD and 'su' on an installed system. I hope to fix > this by the final release. > > 2. For those of you who are partially sighted you will notice that > the > desktop layout has changed considerably since the last version. This > layout is designed to be friendly to partially sighted users by > offering them one click access to all of the most commonly used > applications at any time. It also maximises the available space on > widescreen displays by placing the three panels on the left hand side, > thus allowing you to use the full depth of the screen at all times. > The only difference that this will make to Orca users will be that > when you open the main menu you need to cursor down to find the > places and system menus rather than cursoring right. Orca users can > navigate to the panels in the usual way by pressing ctrl+alt+tab. > > 3. In order to fit everything onto the CD I have had to remove many > applications, including Open Office and Evolution, which can of > course > easily be reinstalled. In their place I have provided Icedove, Abiword > and Gnumeric which are not accessible with Orca, but are accessible > to > people using magnification and Orca users can of course use them to > open > up Microsoft Office documents and then save them in different formats > or > even copy and paste them into the text editor etc. You may also notice > that the GIMP graphics package is installed, again this is for the > benefit > of partially sighted users. > > 4. I have now added the audio beeps to the Live CD and the spoken > welcome messages on the GDM login window. When you boot from the live > CD > you should hear three beeps, which means the boot prompt is ready, you > can then type in a cheat code, press enter or wait for thirty seconds. > Once Vinux has booted you will hear Orca say "Welcome to Orca". Once > you > have installed the system you will be greated by the GDM login screen, > which will ask you to type in your username and password. If at any > time > you switch to console mode Speakup will take over, but as it uses > Espeak > you won't really notice the difference. > > 5. I have added lots of custom keystrokes to Vinux. Many of them are > the > same as on previous versions, but there are several new ones and as > Compiz > is no longer installed many of the original keystrokes are missing. > There > is a full list of Vinux, Orca and Speakup keybindings in the Vinux > folder > inside you Home folder. Here is a list of the customised Vinux > keystrokes: > > A. Orca Specific Keybindings > > Increase Voice Rate: insert+right > Decrease Voice Rate: insert+left > Increase Voice Pitch: insert+up > Decrease Voice Pitch: Insert+down > > Toggle Magnification On/Off: insert+m > Increase Magnification: insert+equals > Decrease Magnification: insert+minus > Invert Screen Colours: insert+i > Toggle Next Magnifier Mode: insert+n > Toggle Crosshairs: insert+c > > Read Time: insert+t > Read Date: insert+d > Read Battery Power: insert+p > Read Weather (Birmingham UK): insert+w > Check for Updates: insert+u > Import Updates: insert+shift+u > > B. Generic Gnome Keybindings > > Terminal: ctrl+shift+t > Home Folder: ctrl+shift+h > Orca: ctrl+shift+o > Iceweasel: ctrl+shift+i > > Appearance Manager: ctrl+shift+a > Gnome Configuration Editor: ctrl+shift+g > Keyboard Settings: ctrl+shift+k > Dictionary: ctrl+shift+d > > Power Management: ctrl+shift+p > Screensaver: ctrl+shift+s > Editor: ctrl+shift+e > File Management: ctrl+shift+f > Resolution: ctrl+shift+r > Mouse Settings: ctrl+shift+m > > Volume Up: ctrl+shift+up > Volume Down: ctrl+shift+down > > Toggle Maximise Horizontally: ctrl+shift+x > Toggle Maximise Vertically: ctrl+shift+y > Toggle Maximise Window: ctrl+shift+z > Toggle Fullscreen Mode: ctrl+shift+w > > 6. This is a beta version, so while I am confident that most of the > applications and accessibility features are working there are several > specific things which I would like people to test over the next week: > > A. Wireless and Ethernet Connections > > B. Braille support > > C. Installation onto a hard drive as single and dual boot system > > D. Installation of Open Office 2.4 and the Java Access Bridge > > E. Installation of Open Office 3.0 and the Java Access Bridge from > Debian Backports > > F. Installation of Firefox 3.0 from Debian Backports > > G. Installation of Thunderbird 3.0 from debian Backports > > F. Installation of Evolution > > I suspect that most of the problems encountered will be to do with > hardware compatibility rather than software issues. It is vital that > you > let me know if a specific piece of hardware is not supported and how > it > can be fixed if possible. It would be equally useful to know what > models > do work, especially laptops. I do not intend to add any more > applications > to the final version, but I have left plenty of space to add hardware > drivers etc. > > You can get the new version here: > > http://vinux.org.uk/downloads/old/2.0/Vinux-2.0-Beta-1.iso > http://vinux.org.uk/downloads/old/2.0/Vinux-2.0-Beta-1.iso.md5sum.txt > > And here: > > http://sd-4.archive-host.com/membres/up/56911783136928484/vinux/Vinux-20-Beta-1.iso > http://www.archive-host.com/icones/txt.png > > I look forward to hearing your feedback! > > Have fun, > > drbongo > > > > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Vinux Development Forum" group. > To post to this group, send email to vinux-development at googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vinux-development+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vinux-development?hl=en > -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~--- > -- Gena four kinds of freedom, for the users of the software: * The freedom to run the program, for any purpose (freedom 0). * The freedom to study how the program works, and adapt it to your needs (freedom 1). Access to the source code is a precondition for this. * The freedom to redistribute copies so you can help your neighbor (freedom 2). * The freedom to improve the program, and release your improvements to the public, so that the whole community benefits (freedom 3). Access to the source code is a precondition for this. Richard Matthew Stallman
