Vinux 2.0 Beta 1 Released!

[Anthony Sales]

I am happy to announce the release of Vinux 2.0 Beta 1 which is now based on
Debian Lenny 5.02. It comes in the form of a Debian Live CD which has Orca
and Speakup installed and configured by default. When you boot from the Live
CD you will hear three audio beeps when the boot prompt it ready. Once booted
Orca will kick in and you can switch to Epeakup in console mode if you prefer
a text based system. You can launch admin applications from the menu with
Orca support, although the installer, partitioner and restore bootloader
applications will only work on the Live CD. You can however run admin
applications at any time by using 'sudo' on the Live CD or 'su' once
installed. There are lots of customised keystrokes to make opening
applications easy and Vinux now features a completely new desktop layout
which provides partially sighted users simple one click access to common
applications and makes maximum use of the width and depth of the screen. You
can read the full release announcement here:
http://vinux-development.blogspot.com/ - This is beta release and while I
expect most applications to work there may well be issues with hardware
compatibility and I would appreciate any feedback on hardware which is/is not
supported in the hope I will be able to fix this before the final release.

You can get the new version here:

http://vinux.org.uk/downloads/old/2.0/Vinux-2.0-Beta-1.iso
http://vinux.org.uk/downloads/old/2.0/Vinux-2.0-Beta-1.iso.md5sum.txt

And here:

http://vinux.archive-host.com/Vinux-20-Beta-1.iso
http://vinux.archive-host.com/Vinux-20-Beta-1isomd5sum.txt

Enjoy,

drbongo