Re: Linux Again

  • From: "E.J. Zufelt" <lists@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 3 Feb 2010 10:35:33 -0500

Good morning Jim,

I would recommend trying a virtual machine platform like VMWare or VirtualBox. I'm not sure how accessible either of these applications are at the time, but I do know that VirtualBox has a command line interface that allows you to create, modify, start and stop virtual machines.

Using VirtualBox and a linux distro with an accessible install you should be able to install and work with Linux without sighted assistance. You might also look into Vinux, a linux distro designed for the blind and based off of Debian, and / or Ubuntu.

HTH,
Everett

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On 3-Feb-10, at 10:17 AM, John J. Boyer wrote:

Cygwin is what you want. It is virtually a full-fledged Linux. My
computer is Vista also and Cygwin runs fine. Jaws does nicely with it.

John

On Wed, Feb 03, 2010 at 09:50:05AM -0500, James Homme wrote:
  Hi,

  I would expect not to have reliable sighted help. Is it possible to
somehow get a feel for Linux on a computer that runs Vista? If so, where
  do I go to learn about this?



  Thanks.



  Jim





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