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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.
> 
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> Alexander
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> On Wed, May 22, 2024, 06:44 Stephen Partington via PLUG-discuss
> <plug-discuss at 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 at 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 at 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 at 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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