Here is a decent video on VirtualBox : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wX75Z-4MEoM On 2024-05-22 06:47, Snyder, Alexander J via PLUG-discuss wrote: > Yeah, just download virtual box, and your favorite Linux iso. That'll > solve all the problems. > > -- > Thanks, > Alexander > > Sent from my Google Pixel 7 Pro > > On Wed, May 22, 2024, 06:44 Stephen Partington via PLUG-discuss > wrote: > >> Thats... unusual... VM's you can grant access to an optical drive >> directly. >> >> On Tue, May 21, 2024 at 11:12 PM Michael via PLUG-discuss >> wrote: >> >> wsl won't work. I need to have access to an optical drive. So I need >> to wait until I can get a dedicATED LINUX BOX. >> >> On Tue, May 21, 2024 at 10:22 PM Eric Oyen via PLUG-discuss >> wrote: >> >> Um, >> >> Given you are on a windows box, wouldn’t it be easier to run >> VMWare or some other virtual machine platform? I do that here on my >> OS X system when I need linux (and ORCA screen reader). Sure, >> macports (the unix and linux like ports software library) can be >> useful without having to deal with a VM, but X desktops aren’t >> accessible with the built in screen reader and ORCA is not in the >> macports library. :( So, even though I am stuck on a 2012 Mac mini >> (and I don’t have the funds for upgrading), I can still use most >> of the latest available (and accessible) X desktop items and ORCA >> from inside the VM (including latest LTS versions of Ubuntu) It also >> means I don’t need to create a bootcamp partition for the other >> OS, although that can sometimes be more useful than a VM. >> >> As for windows, too much is hit and miss on that platform >> accessibility wise for me to use it reliably. Sure, the NVDA screen >> reader is open source, but doesn’t work with everything and JAWS >> costs about $100 a year for a license and also doesn’t work with >> everything. That is basically why I avoid windows unless I have no >> other choice. >> >> The only issue I have with apple products is that the EFI has no >> accessibility whatsoever (in fact, none of the available hardware >> anywhere on the market for computing has accessibility on the EFI). >> So, if I want to convert my old Mac mini into a dedicated linux >> machine, I would have to have sighted assistance to do so (a non >> starter here). And yes, I have even proposed to the EFI consortium >> the use of BrlTTY in the EFI as an accessibility option (it is, >> after all, an embedded linux). Yet, I see no response from them at >> all and I have tried every year since 2010. Guess we blind computer >> techs don’t mean squat unless we can bring a lot of money to the >> table. Now, if I knew the full in’s and out’s of how the EFI is >> installed, configured and compiled, then it wouldn’t be hard to >> create my own version with a built-in braille and speech interface. >> That would provide a Fiat Accompli to the industry in general and >> allow many more like me into the full IT fields without having to >> demand more reasonable accommodations. Ah well, I have diverged from >> the original subject a bit, but it is, at least, minimally related >> to this thread. >> >> Anyway, since windows support for Unix services is a bit >> proprietary, why not just go with a VM and call it good? >> >> -Eric >> From the Central Offices of the Technomage Guild, Engineering and >> Development Dept. >> >> On May 21, 2024, at 11:18 AM, Michael via PLUG-discuss >> wrote: >> >> well, I'm stuck in a world of windows now. but I gots to use linux >> so I'm doing wsl. How do I get gui to work: I ran apt >> update/upgrade/xinit but it responds with: >> >> _XSERVTansmkdir: Mode....X11-unix should.... 1777 >> _XSERVTransCreateListener: failed... >> _XSERVTransUNIX...:failed >> _XSERVTransMakeALL... failed... >> >> etc.... >> >> So could someone help me get x going until I can get a beloved linux >> box again? >> -- >> >> :-)~MIKE~(-: >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list: PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list: PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > -- > > :-)~MIKE~(-: > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list: PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > -- > A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from > rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. > > Stephen > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list: PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list: PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list: PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss