RE: Linux Again

If Thunder or NVDA support the Windows console, cmd.exe, you should be able
to use Cygwin.  Window-Eyes works with it, for sure.

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:programmingblind-
> bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of DaShiell, Jude T. CIV NAVAIR 1490, 1,
> 26
> Sent: Wednesday, February 03, 2010 12:02 PM
> To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: Linux Again
> Importance: Low
> 
> Is cygwin worth installing when nvda or thunder screen reader are in
> use?  Where I can use cygwin I can't use jaws and where I can use jaws,
> I can't use cygwin.
> 
> 
> 
> Rot47: <;F56]52D9:6==@?2GJ]>:=>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John J.
> Boyer
> Sent: Wednesday, February 03, 2010 11:50
> To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: Linux Again
> 
> I would go with Cygwin rather than a virtual machine. Cygwin is
> full-fledged, it was designed to work with Windows, and it is very
> accessible with Jaws.
> 
> John
> 
> On Wed, Feb 03, 2010 at 11:16:33AM -0500, Bill Cox wrote:
> > I'll put out a good word for cygwin.  I can't imagine coding in
> > Windows without it.  However, for desktop Linux, with a graphical
> > desktop and screen reader, Vinux is the way to go.  I hear that VMware
> > is more accessible than VirtualBox on Windows, and I can verify that
> > the VirtualBox cockpit application is not accessible to the Orca
> > screen reader in Ubuntu Linux.  I haven't tried the command line
> > version, though.
> >
> > Bill
> >
> > On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 10:55 AM, qubit <lauraeaves@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > Seriously?
> > > oh, and what is the string of characters at the end of your mail? Is
> it
> > > supposed to do something?
> > > --le
> > >
> > >
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