Hello all

This is more a brainstorming suggestion than a question.

I'm wondering about a good distro/packages for elderly/disable users. There is some projects out there like Eldy but I think they approach the problem limiting a lot the possibilities Linux brings, they don't have language localization possibilities, you cannot use mainstream programs like Skype and the list goes on.

I think there is a lot of Linux distros without a purpose out there. They want to be different using "aesthetic gimmicks" forgetting functionality or usability as key differentiation aspects. If one of them could target one of these user groups may make a really big difference.

I think that an elderly/disable user distro have of course be easy to use for that user group but not necessary the installation or implementation must be elderly/disable-user friendly. I think that's a issue with Eldy.

I just wanted to open a discussion thread about this. Do you have some suggestions?

My Mom is ederly, but not disabled. She was using Fedora for several years until I borked it up while upgrading right before I left town for two months. I loaned her one of my machines running Gentoo that boots to a CLI. I just wrote down the instructions for logging in and starting X. She had no problems with that machine either.

I really don't think there's a need for a distro targeting the elderly. If they choose a large, mainstream distro like Fedora or Ubuntu, I think they'll have most everything they need available.

I have no personal experience with disabled users, so I will reserve comment on that demographic.