Vinux è una distribuzione basata su Debian specifica per chi ha problemi visivi. Infatti su questa distribuzione (nelle versioni precedenti si chiamava Vibuntu) è stata studiata con l’intento di aiutare coloro che essendo proprio “non vedenti” hanno comunque bisogno di un aiuto nella visualizzazione di desktop ed applicazioni. Tra le varie utility si possono trovare Orca attivato di default ( e un “magnifer” per aumentare le dimensioni di porzioni di schermo. Quest’ultima utility è implementata di default anche per sistemi senza accelerazione 3D, permettendo lo zoom in 2D. Se invece avete una scheda grafica appropriata il risultato è stupefacente, specialmente usando Compiz.
Ecco le novità della nuova versione 2.0 descritta dal sito del produttore:
Vinux is moving away from Ubuntu and will use Debian as the foundation of the next release. Here is an explanation of why: In short, Debian is the world’s largest community developed Linux, with over 25,000 pre-built packages. Debian hackers have gotten Debian to do just about everything for everybody. It’s perhaps the world’s best operating system for true hackers. Many in the Debian community believe fiercely that all software should be free, including source code. There are far more Debian contributors than Ubuntu contributors.
· Ubuntu is based on Debian, like several other flavors of Linux, and Ubuntu benefits from all the innovation in Debian. Ubuntu takes Debian, and then changes it to be less of a hacker-optimized Linux, and more like an operating system for Windows users. It has better hardware support, partly because Ubuntu doesn’t mind being friends with commercial software vendors who don’t provide source code for free.
· Vinux can be built on Debian, Ubuntu, or other Linux systems. The advantage of Debian is that it has clean, clear, simple, and robust audio support for accessibility. This is partly because the Debian community releases “stable” versions of their code that works with very good performance. The advantage for Ubuntu is that by default it comes with things to make life simple for regular Windows users, like network-manager – a tool many hackers despise. It also tends to “just work” with hardware better than any other flavour of Linux. The disadvantage of Ubuntu is that it is laser-focused on competing with Windows, and in doing so, it pushes out technologies before they are really solid, like the Compiz window manager with 3D effects, which does not yet work well with Orca, and pulseaudio which is causing havoc right now.
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