Hi, You can get VMWare player for free and get a pre-built image of the prefered OS using BitTorrent, and open that image and work with it. The problem is that if that OS is a kind of Linux, it probably won't be accessible right out of the box, and you might need somebody sighted to configure it. You can search for such an image with www.torrentz.com Octavian ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christy Schulte" <christy@xxxxxxxxxx> To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2008 9:27 PM Subject: Possibly OT, VMWare? I've seen some discussion on this list regarding VMWare, and it sounded like this would make it possible to run linux and windows on the same machine at the same time. Seeing as how I very much want to get back into the linux scene for both personal and potentially future professional reasons I find this a fascinating prospect, so I did a little research. However, everything I'm seeing looks like it's intended for large businesses and data centers, which would be way, way over what I'd need for a single home computer. so my questions are as follows. Am I even on the right track as to what VMWare can do, and is it possible to do this without sighted assistance on a computer that already has windows installed? If so, is the price worth it, versus buying a new machine as a dedicated linux box? And if all this checks out, can someone give me a suggestion for which product I need to look for specifically? I have a feeling that there's a hang up somewhere and that I'd just be better off buying a new machine when I can actually afford it, but I figure it never hurts to ask. If nothing else, I'll hopefully learn something. VMWare wasn't covered in the networking class I just completed. __________ View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind