[raspberry-vi] Re: Web site review
- From: Jeff Greer <jgreer613@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: raspberry-vi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 27 Oct 2013 19:54:25 -0400
I'll be glad to take care of it whenever you would like. Here are a few of
the sites I manage:
http://houstonlowvisionclub.com
http://greersfos.com
http://teacherwikiweb.com
http://linuxagora.com
Jeff
On Sun, Oct 27, 2013 at 4:19 PM, Mike Ray <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Jeff,
>
> That's great!
>
> I will talk with Mo, who originally set-up the hosting with Dream-Host
> in the USA and see what we can do. We have a few months left before we
> have to move.
>
> Mike
>
> On 27/10/2013 20:08, Jeff Greer wrote:
> > I have a commercial server with plenty of room and resources. I would be
> > glad to host the web site at no cost.
> > Jeff
> >
> >
> > On Sun, Oct 27, 2013 at 3:55 PM, Mike Ray <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >> Hello Chris,
> >>
> >> I guess that's an option.
> >>
> >> I must admit I hadn't thought of that. Having the site served by a Pi
> >> might be a good thing to do. I guess we own the domain name and could
> >> get it to point to your machine.
> >>
> >> I think there might be a case for having bigger download files in some
> >> place else though to save the load. Not that there are thousands of
> >> people downloading our images.
> >>
> >> I am currently working on Accessible Arch version 2.0, which will be
> >> smaller in size to 1.1 and which will hopefully boot on the Hynix
> boards.
> >>
> >> Mike
> >>
> >> On 27/10/2013 19:27, Chris Norman wrote:
> >>> Hiya mate,
> >>> I'm happy to host the site on my Raspberry Pi, so long as you're happy
> >>> for it to be backed up on dropbox, with a view to _POSSIBLY_ moving it
> >>> to a more powerful server if I feel I want that.
> >>>
> >>> Will save anyone having to pay for it, as I'm using the domain, and the
> >>> web server anyways.
> >>>
> >>> Cheers,
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On 27/10/2013 18:02, Michael A Ray wrote:
> >>>> Hello list,
> >>>>
> >>>> This email list will be a year old on 31st December. The web site is
> >>>> slightly younger than this. I think that was created some time in
> >>>> February or just a little later than that.
> >>>>
> >>>> In view of this there will be a wholescale review of the site content
> >>>> which has been a little static for a few months now.
> >>>>
> >>>> There is a lot to review and there have been some changes in how the
> >>>> accessibility tools we have managed to get going are working.
> >>>>
> >>>> It is my intention to detail where we are currently so that newer list
> >>>> members can see what went on in the earlier part of this year and how
> >>>> much effort went into bringing the Accessible Arch image to fruition.
> >>>>
> >>>> And also to remind the list of how much work was done with Raspbian to
> >>>> try to make either the 'yasr' or 'SpeakUp' screen-readers work on that
> >>>> distro.
> >>>>
> >>>> Unfortunately we have not always been helped by the Raspberry Pi
> >>>> Foundation and changes to Pi firmware and the Broadcom sound driver.
> It
> >>>> might be peculiarities of the way either espeak or the alsa system
> works
> >>>> but changes to both firmware and driver don't seem always to have been
> >>>> tested for functionality with text-to-speech.
> >>>>
> >>>> The list may feel that the content of the web site is of little use,
> >>>> apart perhaps from the downloads of Arch images available on the
> >>>> downloads page.
> >>>>
> >>>> At some point in early 2014 we will come to the end of a year of free
> >>>> hosting and the cost of the site will then be something like $10 a
> >>>> month. At that point, if the list feels there is enough value in the
> >>>> site and people are willing to contribute to these costs, the site
> will
> >>>> continue. If not, the web site will be closed down. But this email
> >>>> list will stay either way.
> >>>>
> >>>> Some of us who have been striving to get a talking desktop working are
> >>>> beginning to feel this is never likely to work on the Raspberry Pi.
> >>>> Unfortunately the 700MHz ARM processor cannot be compared to an intel
> >>>> chip running at the same speed and the 512 megabytes of RAM is
> proving a
> >>>> small container into which to squeeze a graphical environment with the
> >>>> added load of the Orca screen-reader and all the components needed to
> >>>> support it.
> >>>>
> >>>> But Emacspeak continues to work well and at least one list member is
> >>>> using it to great effect for day-to-day tasks. But it seems like the
> >>>> take-up of Emacspeak has been minimal. Unless loads of you are using
> it
> >>>> and keeping quiet.
> >>>>
> >>>> There are some interesting alternative single-board computers coming
> >>>> along. Some also based on ARM processors, some on intel, and probably
> >>>> some other flavours I don't know about. It may be easier to get an
> >>>> accessible GUI running on these more powerful, but more expensive
> >>>> boards. I am not sure how many of these boards offer the same
> >>>> 'tinker-value' which the GPIO bus on the Pi offers. This latter being
> >>>> of less appeal, possibly, to those of us who can't see well enough to
> >>>> solder. Which includes me.
> >>>>
> >>>> Mike
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
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> >>
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>
> I KEEP six honest serving-men, They taught me all I know. Their names are
> What and Why and When and How and Where and Who.
> -- Rudyard Kipling (paraphrased)
>
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