[Lincs] New member introduction

Mon Sep 8 22:09:30 UTC 2014

Hi Becky and everyone,

many thanks for the words of welcome! yep, i've definitely heard of 
Jonathan. i used to be project manager for the Vinux project, linux for 
the visually impaired, produced by Tony Sales from the royal national 
college for the blind and we got talking on the mailing list. Jonathan 
is trying to produce updated versions of ubuntu, but his releases are 
quite buggy as he uses the latest and greatest software which hasn't 
been tested, something that the vinux project disagreed with. nice guy 
though. i will take a look at the other lugs and see about joining them. 
i had considered producing a version of linux for the visually impaired 
based on arch linux, as noone's really done that yet. the problem i'm 
finding though is hardware support. ubuntu/debien releases seem to do an 
awful lot when it comes to hardware detection/support in the background. 
i'd also be interested in any meetings that take place across 
lincolnshire between lug members. other lugs have local events like 
bring a laptop/gadget days where they all meet up to discuss their 
latest linux based projects, perhaps we could also organise a similar 
event if its not already been done? this particular lug seems to have 
been quite quiet over the last few years.

Russell, your comments are quite interesting. i stopped using ubuntu 
ever since the 12.04 release because i just couldn't get on with unity. 
i'd much rather use gnome/gnome fallback, that was partly what caused me 
to switch to arch, the ability to build from the ground up. more work's 
involved, but in the end its definitely worth it. linux mint could also 
be a good option though, though i must confess i haven't tried it in a 
few years so don't know what the state of accessibility is. what desktop 
does it use?

thanks for reading,

Mo.

On 08/09/2014 22:14, Rebecca Newborough wrote:
> Hi Mo
>
> Welcome to Lincolnshire, and to the Lincolnshire LUG mailing list. 
> There are lots of open-source enthusiasts in and around Lincolnshire, 
> and neighbouring counties. Check out some of the other local LUG 
> mailing lists - try Nottingham LUG, Hull LUG, Newark LUG, and of 
> course, Lincoln LUG (which I maintain). Your network could grow tenfold :)
>
> Have you heard of Jonathan Nadeau on G+? He is visually impaired too 
> and is a great advocate for assistive technology. He is involved in 
> www.sonargnulinux.com <http://www.sonargnulinux.com>, give the website 
> a look, or you can contact Jonathan direct on G+.
>
> Cheers
>
> Becky Newborough
>
>
> On Mon, Sep 8, 2014 at 9:56 PM, Mick Sulley <mick at sulley.info 
> <mailto:mick at sulley.info>> wrote:
>
>     Hi Guys,
>
>     Re your comments on Ubuntu 14.04, I moved to Linux with Ubuntu
>     8.10 I think it was, upgraded at each release until they created
>     the Unity desktop, which I hated.  I then moved over to Debian,
>     which is good and stable but unfortunately is slow to move to new
>     package releases, so a couple of years back I moved to Linux Mint,
>     which is based upon Ubuntu and follows their release schedule but,
>     in my view, has a much better desktop.
>
>     I definitely recommend that you have a look at it, certainly the
>     best distro I have used.
>
>     Cheers
>     Mick
>
>
>     On 08/09/14 15:57, Russell wrote:
>
>         Hi Mo.
>
>         Just to let you know that I received your email no problem. I
>         live in Scunthorpe and run a dual boot system on Windows 7
>         Professional and Ubuntu 14.04. I also run a couple of other
>         machines on Ubuntu 13.10.
>
>         I must confess that although a big fan of open source software
>         I am not a great fan of 14.04 it has been a major headache to
>         set up cleanly and has lost the graphic drivers on more than
>         one occasion. Compared to earlier renditions I feel it has
>         been rushed in its development and shows it.
>
>         I trust that I may hear from you again sometime.
>
>         Yours
>         Russell
>
>         On 07/09/14 13:15, Mobeen Iqbal wrote:
>
>             Hello folks.
>
>             My name is Mobeen Iqbal, though i'm known as Mo to most
>             people. We recently moved to lincolnshire, and i'm based
>             about half an hour away from skegness in a small hamlet
>             called hannah. I'm a visually impaired user of the linux
>             operating system, and am currently trying to build a
>             custom talking distribution of linux based on either arch
>             or Ubuntu for the visually impaired. I just wanted to
>             check if my message reaches the list, and also to begin
>             networking with people around lincolnshire. I believe
>             strongly in the strength of open source software, and have
>             worked for many years to supply computers with open source
>             software to the blind across the country. i hope to hear
>             from some of you in due course.
>
>             thanks for reading,
>
>             Mo.
>
>
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