[Leaplist] Adriane Knoppix v.6.2 released, has talking menu, for impaired sight users!

[Patrick]

Adriane Knoppix v 6.2 is released, with these features:

Klaus Knopper has released version 6.2 of his Debian-based live-CD Linux 
distro. Based on Debian 5.0 ("Lenny"), the new version uses the 
lightweight LXDE as the default desktop, and includes a new version of 
the ADRIANE talking menu system for vision-impaired users.

The Live-CD version of Knoppix, called Microknoppix, offers a complete 
rewrite of the Knoppix boot system, and includes a number of bug fixes 
and updates, says Knopper in his release notes. The release is said to 
be based on the "Testing" and "Unstable" branch of _Debian 5.0 "Lenny"_ 
<http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS2740798302.html>, as well as Linux 
Kernel 2.6.31.6 and X.org 7.4.


*Knoppix 6.2 featuring LXDE desktop with Compiz 3D extensions*


Knoppix ("Microknoppix") 6.2 is said to offer features including:

    * The boot procedure is accelerated and runs independently from the
      usual SysV bootscripts, enabling multiple tasks of system
      initialization run in parallel.

    * The _LXDE_ <http://www.lxde.org/> desktop is available, featuring
      short start times, low resource requirements, and thanks to its
      GTK2 base, optimized compatibility with the Orca screen-reader.

    * The software footprint has been greatly reduced, once again
      enabling remasters based on the CD.

    * The DVD edition includes KDE 4.3.3 and GNOME 2.28 desktops, "with
      many applications originating from these popular desktops."

    * Network configuration is now handled by _NetworkManager_
      <http://projects.gnome.org/NetworkManager/>, with nm-applet in
      graphics mode, and textual GUIs in text mode (compatible with
      Debian's "/etc/network/interfaces" specification).

    * A persistent image for saving personal settings and additionally
      installed programs is supported on boot device, optionally
      encrypted with AES/256bit.

    * ADRIANE (Audio Desktop Reference Implementation And Networking
      Environment) talking menu system moves to version 1.2, featuring
      graphical environment with talking programs and arbitrary
      magnification using the Compiz 3D desktop (the new name for the
      merger of the former Compiz and Compiz-Fusion).

Knoppix, which we last covered with _version 5.0_ 
<http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS9324804753.html>, is one of the 
leading Live CD and USB-boot Linux distributions. According to 
O'Reilly's book, /Knoppix Hacks/, written by Kyle Rankin, Knoppix was 
developed by Klaus Knopper to avoid having to lug a laptop to his 
various tech projects. He made a bootable Linux CD distribution so he 
could take his favorite open source tools with him wherever he needed to 
work, without needing to install software on every new computer. 
Eventually, he improved the hardware support to the point that Knoppix 
could recognize and automatically configure much of the hardware it 
encountered.
   (Quote from Desktop Linux, 
http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS6151990246.html  )


http://www.knopper.net/knoppix/index-en.html

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