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 < plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> 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 < > plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> 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 < >> plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> 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 < >>> plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> 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 >