• Announcing Vojtux: a Fedora-based accessible Linux distribution

    From LWN.net@86:200/23 to All on Tue Dec 16 06:40:08 2025

    Vojtěch Polášek has announced
    an unofficial effort to create a Fedora-based distribution designed
    for visually impaired users:

    My ultimate vision for this project is "NO VOJTUX NEEDED!" because
    I believe Fedora should eventually be fully accessible out of the
    box. We aren't there yet, which is where Vojtux comes in to fill the
    gap. [...]

    Key Features:

    -Speaks out of the box: When the live desktop is ready, Orca starts automatically. After installation, it is configured so that it starts
    on the login screen and also after logging in.

    -Batteries included: Comes with LIOS , Ocrdesktop, Tesseract,
    Audacity, and command-line tools like Git and Curl. There are also
    many preconfigured keyboard shortcuts.

    See the repository
    for instructions on getting the image.

    https://lwn.net/Articles/1050539/
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