Re: [orca-list] Fwd: [uruk] uruk gnu/linux-2.0- beta-2

[Jude DaShiell <jdashiel panix com>]

First test I do once iso is on dvd is see if iso boots and I may or may 
not have to do something to bring the screen-reader up.  Uruk passed the 
first test and I needed only wait and the screen-reader came up talking.
 Next I check out the pre-install real estate to get the lay of the 
land.  Uruk passed this test real well once I opened the desktop.  I 
found lots of controls easily accessible in this iso I hadn't 
encountered in mate before.  Next I'll install this on an amd K8 Athelon 
machine on a real hard drive, got no virtual drives or resources and 
wouldn't know how to use those yet if I stumbled over them anyway.  This 
will take a little longer but from initial successes ought to prove 
promising.

The reason for the first test is sourceforge.net itself and many isos on 
sourceforge.net are not in torrents.

I used my sf.sh script to get this iso and it cannot verify the iso 
unfortunately but I got lucky this time.
For the script, cut here.

#!/usr/bin/env bash
# file: sf.sh - sourceforge.net download script
wget -bc --max-redirect=10000 --trust-server-names $1


On Thu, 28 Sep 2017, Dave Hunt 
wrote:

> Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2017 11:52:31
> From: Dave Hunt <dahunt posteo de>
> To: orca-list gnome org
> Subject: [orca-list] Fwd: [uruk] uruk gnu/linux-2.0- beta-2
>
> Orca users, meet Uruk 2.0 Beta 2.
>
>
> This is a fully-lebre, GNU Linux distro, using Mate desktop and packages from 
> Trisquel 8.0, Linux-libre LTS Kernel, the gcc ppa, and its own repository. 
> I've been running it on my little netbook for about a week.  The orca speech 
> integration is what one would expect from Mate 1.12 and Orca 3.18--  good 
> enough for my needs on this machine.
>
>
> The desktop has one panel, reachable with a press of 'ctrl-alt-escape'. On 
> this top panel, you will find the notification area, battery level indicator, 
> and a widget orca calls "indicator applet complete"; this used for adjusting 
> volume and working with bluetooth and network connections.  Once focused, it 
> can be tough to get orca out of this applet.  I have to mess with context 
> menus a bit.  I've written to the project's mailing list, asking why they 
> didn't just use the standard nm applet.
>
> The items on the standard top menus are combined onto one pull-down, accessed 
> with a press of "alt+f1".
>
> The desktop has the "usual suspects", plus a script with which to instll the 
> GNU Guix package manager on top of the apt.  I haven't done anything with 
> this yet, but it looks like it will allow easy updating to later packages and 
> roll-back, if things end up broken.
>
> That's my brief story on this, now, see below, for a bit from the original 
> release announcement.
>
> I'd like others to try this and communicate with the project leads, one of 
> whom is blind, I think, on your experience.  I like it, so far, and think 
> it's almost ready. My concern is that its sources come, mainly, from Trisquel 
> 8.0, which is not yet out, and appears to have stagnated.  I know they aim 
> for a stable release, but maybe should use Debian stable as the base?  Maybe 
> integrating this Guix can help, here?  The Linux-Libre kernel is maintained 
> (lts and rolling).
>
>
>
>
>
> Cheers,
>
>
>
>
>
> Dave  Hunt
>
>
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>
> -------- Forwarded Message --------
> Subject:        [uruk] uruk gnu/linux-2.0- beta-2
> Date:   Mon, 25 Sep 2017 14:08:43 +0000
> From:   alimiracle riseup net
> Reply-To:       uruk lists tuxfamily org
> To:     uruk lists tuxfamily org
>
>
>
> It was at times a long, difficult road. But we glad it was long and
> difficult, because if we hadn?t gone through hell to get there, the
> lesson might not have been as clear.
> my name is ali and i'm going to tell you a new chapter from uruk gnu /
> linux story:
> today in the name of freedom
> we release a new iso (beta-2) for uruk gnu / linux:
> changelogs:
> 1. replacing MDM with LightDM with new login customization
> 2. Update all packages with the latest versions in repository
> 3- fixing linux-libre key problem
> 4- fixing freedom issue in mate menu
> 5. replacing mate control center with uruk control center (written from
> scratch)
> 6. intgrate orca with login session window
> 7. fixing installer icon issue
> 8. adding somw new packages
> with more things you will discover it.
>
> (thanks to every one sending a feedback especialy mangy dog and dave
> hunt)
>
> Download 32 bit and 64 bit
>
> https://sourceforge.net/projects/urukos/files/2.0/Beta2/
>
> your time is come, you will face a lot of bugs and you must tell us
> about it
> have fun and be free

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