On 01.06.2009 at 13:30:08 Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault at ens-lyon.org> wrote: > Tony Baechler, le Mon 01 Jun 2009 04:22:06 -0700, a ?crit : >> If someone could please explain why Vinux is so much better than a >> mainstream distro and why one should lower their standards to using a >> special distro primarily for the blind, > > My understanding is that it's available _now_ with tweaks here and > there, not waiting for distributions to properly fix things like e.g. > orca's reading of root-launched applications. I do too believe that > it's not a viable long-term solution. > Exactly! Vinux was a reaction to the fact that more and more complains arrised about Ubuntu, and the maintainer of Vinux does not intend to create a special System for the blind. That's a big difference to Oralux or - the latest one in that family - Adriane. In addition: There are plans to shift Vinux to be based on Lenny. The difference to an original Debian or GRML - wich btw. I use - is, that Vinux, like Ubuntu, comes with Orca and other a11y stuff out of the box. Under GRML, for example, you have to do a lot of work to set up Gnome, Orca and all that stuff. GRML comes with a lot of lightweight window managers of which non is accessible. I think we should keep all this in mind when going on with taht thread. Hermann
