[ale] Linux for "normal" people?

[aaron]

Scott:

A distro called _Ubuntu_ was mentioned on the list recently and, since I 
hadn't heard of it previously, I went to the web site to find out more.

I mention it in response to your comments because they claim to have 
accessibility as a focal point of the distro, so it may be worth a download 
and some exploration. The bullet point in their features and purpose 
statement says:

"Ubuntu includes the very best in translations and accessibility
 infrastructure that the Free Software community has to offer, to
 make Ubuntu usable by as many people as possible."

The distro and it's community appear to be current and active, and may also 
offer a place for you to contribute to improving the accessability features 
of Linux. Would like to know what you think of it should you check it out.

Long live the diversity of the Linux community!

peace
aaron

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On Monday 15 November 2004 15:54, Scott Warfield wrote:
> Unfortunately, the only reason that I do not use Linux as my desktop is the
> lack of true disability integration in many aspects of the system.
> Specifically I'm referring to Sticky keys and reverse mouse keys.  I have
> also yet to see speech recognition that compares to any of the Windows
> implementations.
> 
> I type with a point stick, use a custom trackball, and use Dragon
> NaturallySpeaking (developer edition).  To this end, I have set up a custom
> vncserver on my primary Linux system so that I can use the disability
> features of Windows to my Linux box.  I also used extensively SSH terminals
> to all my *nix systems.  
> 
> Now many people will point out that all of these features are available
> either through the window manager or X itself, however after attempting to
> use these I discovered that they are not implemented very well and I
> consider them very buggy.
> 
> Perhaps one day I will see a lot of effort put into Linux to support these
> features better.  I will change over then.  =P
> 
> Long live Linux!
> 
> --Scott
> 
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> 
> On Mon, 15 Nov 2004 01:09:30 -0500, jay <jloden at toughguy.net> wrote:
> > Out of curiosity, how many of you on the list have switched friends or 
> > family members onto Linux?
> 
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