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aaron wrote:
&gt; Scott:
&gt; 
&gt; A distro called _Ubuntu_ was mentioned on the list recently and, since I 
&gt; hadn't heard of it previously, I went to the web site to find out more.
&gt; 
&gt; I mention it in response to your comments because they claim to have 
&gt; accessibility as a focal point of the distro, so it may be worth a download 
&gt; and some exploration. The bullet point in their features and purpose 
&gt; statement says:
&gt; 
&gt; &quot;Ubuntu includes the very best in translations and accessibility
&gt;  infrastructure that the Free Software community has to offer, to
&gt;  make Ubuntu usable by as many people as possible.&quot;
&gt; 
&gt; The distro and it's community appear to be current and active, and may also 
&gt; offer a place for you to contribute to improving the accessability features 
&gt; of Linux. Would like to know what you think of it should you check it out.
&gt; 
&gt; Long live the diversity of the Linux community!
&gt; 
&gt; peace
&gt; aaron
&gt; 
&gt; ==========
&gt; 
&gt; On Monday 15 November 2004 15:54, Scott Warfield wrote:
&gt; 
&gt;&gt;Unfortunately, the only reason that I do not use Linux as my desktop is the
&gt;&gt;lack of true disability integration in many aspects of the system.
&gt;&gt;Specifically I'm referring to Sticky keys and reverse mouse keys.  I have
&gt;&gt;also yet to see speech recognition that compares to any of the Windows
&gt;&gt;implementations.
&gt;&gt;
&gt;&gt;I type with a point stick, use a custom trackball, and use Dragon
&gt;&gt;NaturallySpeaking (developer edition).  To this end, I have set up a custom
&gt;&gt;vncserver on my primary Linux system so that I can use the disability
&gt;&gt;features of Windows to my Linux box.  I also used extensively SSH terminals
&gt;&gt;to all my *nix systems.  
&gt;&gt;
&gt;&gt;Now many people will point out that all of these features are available
&gt;&gt;either through the window manager or X itself, however after attempting to
&gt;&gt;use these I discovered that they are not implemented very well and I
&gt;&gt;consider them very buggy.
&gt;&gt;
&gt;&gt;Perhaps one day I will see a lot of effort put into Linux to support these
&gt;&gt;features better.  I will change over then.  =P
&gt;&gt;
&gt;&gt;Long live Linux!
&gt;&gt;
&gt;&gt;--Scott
&gt;&gt;
&gt;&gt;-------------------------------------------------------
&gt;&gt;Scott Warfield
&gt;&gt;Internet Security Systems
&gt;&gt;X-Force Developer
&gt;&gt; 
&gt;&gt;swarfield at iss.net
&gt;&gt;PGP Key: 0x1DE30C1D
&gt;&gt;-------------------------------------------------------
&gt;&gt;
&gt;&gt;
&gt;&gt;On Mon, 15 Nov 2004 01:09:30 -0500, jay &lt;jloden at toughguy.net&gt; wrote:
&gt;&gt;
&gt;&gt;&gt;Out of curiosity, how many of you on the list have switched friends or 
&gt;&gt;&gt;family members onto Linux?
&gt;&gt;
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