Hi there Didier. Thanks for the email, I’m looking forward to test the new installer, and Slint in general. Do I just downlaod the iso from the usual download page, or is there a certain link I have to follow to do so? And, does actually speech start at boot without you not having to do a thing? Did I understand that correctly? Best regards. Francisco. From: Didier Spaier via orca-list Hi all, A new Slint ISO is available, including an enhanced installer. This installer is accessible with Braille and speech by default, and now also provides an 'auto' installation mode. After having selected your sound board if several are detected, you select the language for installation, confirm or not that you want speech during installation (if yes the installed system will have speech too), then are presented the menu below between "-----" lines: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Welcome to the Slint installer! (version 14.2.1) Available commands (do not type the quotes): 'doc' to know the features and usage of the installer. 'auto' to start a semi-automatic, guided installation. 'setup' to start a manual installation. We recommend that you type 'doc' first to prepare a manual installation, or if you want to encrypt the drive where Slint will be installed, or if you need to reduce the size of a partition to make room for Slint alongside another system. When you finish reading this menu will be displayed again. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ For folks not at ease with the command line the 'auto' mode allows to install without typing a Linux command, just answering questions, and includes a contextual help to answer several of these questions when asked. Our user Pawel Loba has kindly provided an quick audio walk-through of installation in 'auto' mode: https://slackware.uk/slint/x86_64/slint-14.2.1/doc/AudioTutorials/slint-installation-quick-walkthrough.mp3 Since he recorded it I made a few changes in the installer but you get the idea. The requirements and features of the 'auto' mode are described in: https://slackware.uk/slint/x86_64/slint-14.2.1/doc/New_Installer/REQUIREMENTS_AND_FEATURES Beyond a new installer Slint includes most accessibility software: console screen readers (espeakup, fenrir, speechd-up), Orca for the desktops and of course Speech-Dispatcher, as well as emacspeak, mumble and more. Several desktops are installed including Mate (set as by default in 'auto' mode). Speech is available on the console as in desktops and you don't loose speech switching between these modes. You can choose to start the system in console mode and later start Mate or another desktop just typing 'startx', or start directly on the desktop. Beyond accessibility Slint now includes distinctive features, like automatic encryption of the whole drive during installation and setting of two swap spaces: a swap file and swap in zram, the latter compressing the files in RAM to get an usable space around 1.7 times the size of the physical RAM. If installing on an SD card or an eMMC drive and F2FS file system is set up. Slint can also be made portable if installed alone on a removable device. To register to the Slint mailing list just send an email to: slint-request freelists org with just in the subject line: subscribe then answer the reply that you will receive Links below to know more. https://slackware.uk/slint/x86_64/slint-14.2.1/README.installation http://slackware.uk/slint/x86_64/slint-14.2.1/doc/Accessibility/Accessibility http://slackware.uk/slint/x86_64/slint-14.2.1/doc Thanks for having taken the time to read this long message. Best regards Didier PS Indeed Slint can be installed alongside Ubuntu or another Linux system. _______________________________________________ orca-list mailing list orca-list gnome org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/orca-list Orca wiki: https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/Orca Orca documentation: https://help.gnome.org/users/orca/stable/ GNOME Universal Access guide: https://help.gnome.org/users/gnome-help/stable/a11y.html |