trisquel_6.0-20121106_i686.iso

Hi, all!

I wish to thank the developers of this distro for putting the
accessibility, provided by the Orca screen reader, into the cd-sized
version, thus, no longer requiring that people download the whole I18N
in order to have accessibility automatically turned on when they use the
live media for testing and/or installation. Thanks, also, for
preserving much of the look and feel that Trisquel users have come to
know, while offering the improvements offered by Ubuntu 12.04.

After burning this image to a flash drive, I started it. The
introductory music seems to be missing, but Orca comes right up! While
I was exploring the bottom panel, particularly the indicator applet, it
crashed, rendering the whole system unusable via only the keyboard.
that is, I couldn't switch applications, use any of the shortcuts, or
activate the menus; only the application that happened to have focus
when the crash happened was accessible. I restarted the system by
mashing the power button. On the second run, the indicator applet did
not crash. I was able to check battery state, connect to my wired and
wireless networks, and explore the 'messaging' menu. Also, I could
navigate the rest of the panel, all with Orca support. I connected to
some web sites, banged some text into a gedit file, listened to a
favorite radio station, and shut the system down (properly, this time).
Startup and shutdown times are faster than in any previous Trisquel.

I urge the curious to check this out and report experience to these
lists. I can't speak to any visual issues, but would suggest that the
release looks nearly ready. My only issue is the instability of the
bottom panel. Perhaps I'll install this release to my hard drive and
give it more of a pounding.

Cheers,

Dave