Announce: Slint64-14.2.1 is released.

[Linux for blind general discussion]

No, it isn't like debian.  When you run a boot up of slint, slint comes 
up talking.  You press s once speech starts to continue to have slint 
speaking.  Failure to press s turns speech off.  I've done testing on 
release candidate versions of slint before this one got released and 
I've never seen anything in my life and I had no trouble getting slint 
installed so I could use it afterwards.

On Mon, 25 Dec 2017, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:

> Date: Mon, 25 Dec 2017 02:52:55
> From: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list at redhat.com>
> To: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list at redhat.com>
> Subject: Re: Announce: Slint64-14.2.1 is released.
> 
> Hi,
>
> I read the manual and can't find info on how to use it with speakup/espeak. 
> Could you pinpoint me on how to enable speech during installation? I think 
> this should be possible just like with debian installer.
>
>
> On 21-Dec-17 5:50 AM, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
>>  Slint64-14.2.1 is released!
>>
>>  As a reminder Slint is a Linux distribution based on Slackware.
>>
>>  INSTALLATION
>>
>>  The ISO image for Slint64-14.2.1 is provided on sourceforge.net:
>>  https://sourceforge.net/projects/slint/files/14.2.1/
>>
>>  To know how to use this ISO image, read:
>>  http://slint.fr/wiki/en/installation
>>  Just substitute this ISO's file name to the one indicated there.
>>
>>  Specific instructions for visually impaired users are provided in:
>>  http://slackware.uk/slint/x86_64/slint-14.2.1/ACCESSIBILITY
>>
>>  Slint can be installed and used without help from a sighted person,
>>  provided that the computer be set to boot from the installation media,
>>  DVD or USB stick.
>>
>>  To update your system after installation, run as as root these commands:
>>  slapt-get --add-keys
>>  slapt-get --update
>>  slapt-get --upgrade -s # to check for available updates.
>>  slapt-get --upgrade # to actually apply the updates.
>>
>>  FEATURES
>>
>>  MATE 1.18 is included, as well as Xfce, LXDE and KDE (optional) and
>>  lighter ones like blackbox and fluxbox.
>>
>>  Slint64-4.2 is accessible to visually impaired users: it can be
>>  installed and used with speech and/or Braille both in text mode and in
>>  several graphical environments including of course MATE.
>>
>>  brltty is included with brlapi to use your braille device in graphical
>>  environments through orca.
>>
>>  espeakup provides speech in text mode, orca in graphical environments.
>>
>>  The installation of KDE is optional. If KDE is installed, to avoid
>>  cluttering the application menus of other graphical environments the
>>  admin can just type hide-kde-apps: the menu entry of KDE apps will
>>  then appear only in the menu entry of KDE. This can be reverted typing
>>  show-kde-apps.
>>
>>  The lightdm and gdm2 graphical login managers are included, both can
>>  speak with orca.
>>
>>  To cope with the many graphical environments and login managers and
>>  alleviate the need of manually editing configuration files, several new
>>  utilities are provided:
>>  * orca-on ad orca-off allow each user to enable or disable speech and/or
>>     braille in graphical environments for oneself.
>>  * session-chooser allows a user to set the default graphical session for
>>     oneself, among those available. This can be done by root for a regular
>>     user with setsession.
>>  * login-chooser allows the admin to set the login manager, either text
>>     (the users can then after login start a graphical session typing
>>     startx) or graphical (among lightdm, lxdm, gdm and kdm) and decide to
>>     have speech or not for login, in text mode as using lightdm or gdm2.
>>
>>  Most graphical environments get a similar layout of the panels and
>>  their menus.
>>
>>  ACCESSIBILITY
>>
>>  See the document ACCESSIBILITY:
>>  http://slackware.uk/slint/x86_64/slint-14.2.1/ACCESSIBILITY
>>
>>  INSTRUCTIONS FOR UPGRADING FROM 14.2
>>
>>  Follow the instructions detailed in the document README_UPGRADE
>>  in the directory upgrade:
>>  http://slackware.uk/slint/x86_64/slint-14.2.1/upgrade/
>>  These instructions also apply to testers of a release candidate.
>>
>>  Note that upgrading from a Slint version earlier than 14.2 is NOT
>>  supported at all and will most likely not work.
>>
>>  Alternatively make a full backup, install anew, restore from the backup.
>>
>>  GENERAL INFORMATION
>>
>>  Slint website: http://slint.fr (not yet updated for 14.2.1)
>>  Forum: https://forum.salixos.org/viewforum.php?f=44
>>  Mailing list: http://slint.fr/mailman/listinfo/slint_slint.fr
>>  Didier: didier~at~slint~dot~fr
>>
>>  I welcome your feedback and am ready to cooperate with other projects.
>>
>>  Greetings,
>>
>>  Didier
>>
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