Yeah, just download virtual box, and your favorite Linux iso. That'll solve
all the problems.
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Thanks,
Alexander
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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?
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