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

[Steve Litt]

Welcome back Patrick!

What's your opinion of this latest Knoppix?

SteveT

On Sunday 21 February 2010 10:15:39 Patrick wrote:
> 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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