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#2 Re: Question: Building Accessible Desktop Systems Posted by Steve (82.41.xx.xx) on Tue 12 Jul 2005 at 11:47 Ubuntu, which I think is a fine thing for Debian, is not Debian. and whilst they're currently very focussed upon the desktop they are also positioning themselves for the server market - with the recent announcement of a five-year-support cycle. In the server market this makes sense, but for a desktop that's going to be way behind the state of the art. Really I see no reason why Debian-pure cannot be used for an accessible desktop. I've setup a few simple machines for friends who were new to Linux. Mostly I've given them a basic install consisting of: The simple desktop IceWM. Icons on the desktop for mail, web, etc, via idesk. A pre-configured collection of Firefox plugins/extensions. A simple 'logout and shutdown' application. The linx progress patch to make the bootup less intimidating. (This appears to be unmaintained rurrently). I've seen recent GNOME installations and they look very nice, clean and simple. KDE can be tweaked a lot which makes it an attractive target also, though when I've shown complete newcomers with little computer experience they found the panels a little bit crowded. Steve -- Steve.org.uk
Ubuntu, which I think is a fine thing for Debian, is not Debian.
and whilst they're currently very focussed upon the desktop they are also positioning themselves for the server market - with the recent announcement of a five-year-support cycle. In the server market this makes sense, but for a desktop that's going to be way behind the state of the art.
Really I see no reason why Debian-pure cannot be used for an accessible desktop. I've setup a few simple machines for friends who were new to Linux.
Mostly I've given them a basic install consisting of:
I've seen recent GNOME installations and they look very nice, clean and simple. KDE can be tweaked a lot which makes it an attractive target also, though when I've shown complete newcomers with little computer experience they found the panels a little bit crowded.
Steve -- Steve.org.uk
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