Spoiler : project codenamed houdini

Linux for blind general discussion blinux-list at redhat.com
Thu Oct 5 01:40:24 UTC 2017


Could you have a version that just has a minimal install with orca and
the desktop?

On 10/4/17, Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list at redhat.com> wrote:
> Hello everybody out there using Linux –
>
> I'm conceiving a Linux distribution with accessibility and some
> assistive technology, designing a colorblind/impaired accessible
> interface with nice aesthetics, I did a few tests and it ended just as
> expected, this alone may bring Linux to beat Mac os X on accessibility
> side,
>
> It will be on top of Debian with apt-pinning for development purposes,
> the 3 branches and the packages locking feature, will be used to allow
> developpers to easily replicate bugs to fix them, allowing a
> pseudo-versionning system at the same time, used the setup a while,
> overall it was a breeze.
>
> My next aim would be to trim the system, hoping to be able to use a
> window manager or a light desktop manager with accessibility tools,
> accessibility reports of desktop environments, window managers and
> softwares would be useful.
>
> At this point, I could slowly make a working setup, the issue is to
> create the iso with a decent installer, name/logo/design is thinked
> yet, so I mostly lack a coder and a graphist, otherwise it goes way
> above what I expected for now.
>
> I also have a load of ideas I could implement later but understand
> that the Debian focus don't mean it will be locked to it.
>
> I’d like to know what features most people would want. Any suggestions
> are welcome, but I won’t promise I’ll implement them. :)
>
> Mike
> Note : Didn't knew the rules for linking the project or contact
> informations so I didn't put anything to identify it and myself for
> now ...
>
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