I quit using  M$ after my eyes became unusable for even large print. I Haven't tried NVDA (an open source speech synth for windows) yet. However that doesn't matter now as I use a mac with voiceover. I spent just under $400 for a used Imac intel machine and purchased snow leopard for $29.00 from amazon and have had accessibility ever since with no special setup or spending nearly $2,000 for JFW (software and card and training). 

So far, mac has been a lifesaver for me. I can read the mails from Plug, browse web sites and generally do all I could do before (except play video games). 

I wanted to setup Adrian knoppix under virtual-box but had a snag. The live cd would work fine but the install would crash almost as soon as the kernel  was done loading. If I can't configure it there and be able to configure end to end, then I won't be able to do the same on my currently inaccessible powerbook g3.

Does anyone have any alternative suggestions?
 
On Sep 13, 2010, at 10:32 AM, Tim Bogart wrote:

This is great.  I'll tell you the same thing I tell others.  Using M$ is like hitting yourself in the head with a hammer.  It just feels so good when you stop.  I kicked the M$ dust off my shoes years ago and never looked back.  And never regretted it either.

Good luck, man.

My $0.02.

Tim B.

From: keith smith <klsmith2020@yahoo.com>
To: Main PLUG discussion list <plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us>
Sent: Mon, September 13, 2010 10:16:44 AM
Subject: Re: going M$ free


That is cool!!

So you are only using the apps you can only run under windows, like IE.  You do all your browsing and email using Linux so you are less vulnerable to malware, rootkits, and all the other junk that is our there.

Nice!! 

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Keith Smith

--- On Mon, 9/13/10, Kevin Fries <kfries6@gmail.com> wrote:

From: Kevin Fries <kfries6@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: going M$ free
To: "Main PLUG discussion list" <plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us>
Date: Monday, September 13, 2010, 9:44 AM

Even better, VBox has a mode called seamless mode.  I need Vision every so often, so I have XP in a vbox instance.  I have an icon on my desktop that uses the command line interface to start the Windows instance on demand, otherwise why waste the resources.  When I first set ut up, Windows came up in a window, but I auto-hid the launch bar and hit ctrl-L to go into seamless mode.  Now, when I move my mouse pointer to the bottom of the screen, the start menu appears, and I can launch any program I installed in my windows instance.  Freaks out the Windows guys because it makes it look like your windows program is actually running on Linux... ah geek fun!!

Kevin


On Sep 13, 2010 10:34 AM, "keith smith" <klsmith2020@yahoo.com> wrote:


So basically I install my favorite distro of Linux.  Download and install the compatible version of virtualbox.  Then install XP in the virtualbox.

Would I be able to open an instance of XP in a window?  Like opening multiple browser tabs?  That way I would be able to go back and forth between Windows and Linux. 


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Keith Smith

--- On Mon, 9/13/10, Ariel Gold <arielqgold@gmail.com> wrote:

From: Ariel Gold <arielqgold@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: going M$ free
To: "Main PLUG discussion list" <plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us>
Date: Monday, September 13, 2010, 9:25 AM

> > I also run virtualbox for IE testing. I run tinyxp, which runs blazing fast (not that i've done...

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