Running a Linux VM on Windows and making it talk?

Running a Linux VM on Windows and making it talk?

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In my operating systems course, we are supposed to run a Linux machine
inside Virtualbox. How is this done on a Windows machine? Can I start Orca
in the virtual machine somehow?

Running a Linux VM on Windows and making it talk?

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I have ran ubuntu using VMware player on windows.

 I was able to start orca when I did this. Sent from my iPhone

> On Jan 19, 2022, at 7:59 PM, Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list at redhat.com> wrote:
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> ?In my operating systems course, we are supposed to run a Linux machine
> inside Virtualbox. How is this done on a Windows machine? Can I start Orca
> in the virtual machine somehow?
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On Wed, 19 Jan 2022, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:

> In my operating systems course, we are supposed to run a Linux machine
> inside Virtualbox. How is this done on a Windows machine? Can I start Orca
> in the virtual machine somehow?

For work, I have a Linux VM running under Windows.  I use the command line 
environment to do tech stuff that I find easier than trying to do it in 
Windows.

I initially triede setting up a VM under Virtualbox, but I had issues with 
the UI and managed to disconnect the virtual hard disk from the machine 
before I'd even booted it for the first time.   So I got work to cough up 
for VMWare Player.

VMWare Player is free for personal use, not sure if this covers a study 
course (it probably doesn't).  But it's not very expensive and you 
totally do not need Player Pro.

I just set it up on my home Windows laptop with no hassles at all.

Once you have it running, you can use control-g to switch the keyboard to 
the VM, and control-alt to switch the keyboard back to Windows.

Oh and do not install the enhanced keyboard driver that VMWare offers, 
apparently it causes big problems with Windows screen readers.

I've not tried running a GUI under VMWare, but I don't expect any issues.

I hope that the Virtualbox UI is better now than it was 6 years ago.

HTH,
Geoff.

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On Thu, Jan 20, 2022 at 01:48:58PM +0200, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
>Once you have it running, you can use control-g to switch the keyboard to the
>
>Oh and do not install the enhanced keyboard driver that VMWare offers,
>apparently it causes big problems with Windows screen readers.

I am also using VMware player and Workstation Pro on Windows 10 for linux 
guests and generaly I am very happy with this kind of setup. I've activated 
the enhanced keyboard drivers from VMware and I can not say that they cause 
problems with NVDA or Jaws, but maybe I just do not notice them :-). What 
kind of problems are this? Do you have any examples?

TBH I do not even know what the enhanced keyboard driver does... If it 
rellay causes problems maybe I should also uninstall it...

>I've not tried running a GUI under VMWare, but I don't expect any issues.

I've done it and its working like it installed on a normal machine.

BTW.: Have you managed  to copy content from the Windows clipboard into a 
console of the linux guest or do you know if this is possible by using just 
the keyboard? Is this what the enhanced keyboard driver is necessary for? 
And is tere a way to copy the content of the clipboard from the Linux guest 
to the Windows host?

In general I am very happy with the setup and running a Linux guest on 
Windows with VMware, but exchanging content between the two systems could be 
easier, especialy for the content stored in the clipboard.

Cheers,


  Schoepp

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On my Windows machine I have VMware Workstation, which is free for personal use and has a few limitations, like not being able to run more than one VM at a time. As far as I know, VMware has rebranded VMware Player to VMware Workstation, so there are no longer two different products. This doesn't change anything said below, but it might help someone as they're looking around for what to download and more information.

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On Thu, Jan 20, 2022 at 01:48:58PM +0200, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
>Once you have it running, you can use control-g to switch the keyboard 
>to the
>
>Oh and do not install the enhanced keyboard driver that VMWare offers, 
>apparently it causes big problems with Windows screen readers.

I am also using VMware player and Workstation Pro on Windows 10 for linux guests and generaly I am very happy with this kind of setup. I've activated the enhanced keyboard drivers from VMware and I can not say that they cause problems with NVDA or Jaws, but maybe I just do not notice them :-). What kind of problems are this? Do you have any examples?

TBH I do not even know what the enhanced keyboard driver does... If it rellay causes problems maybe I should also uninstall it...

>I've not tried running a GUI under VMWare, but I don't expect any issues.

I've done it and its working like it installed on a normal machine.

BTW.: Have you managed  to copy content from the Windows clipboard into a console of the linux guest or do you know if this is possible by using just the keyboard? Is this what the enhanced keyboard driver is necessary for? 
And is tere a way to copy the content of the clipboard from the Linux guest to the Windows host?

In general I am very happy with the setup and running a Linux guest on Windows with VMware, but exchanging content between the two systems could be easier, especialy for the content stored in the clipboard.

Cheers,


  Schoepp

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The virtual machine seems to work (someone confirmed that it starts up) but
Orca is missing. Do I try to install Orca on the VM somehow, without
speech, or is there some way to log into the VM from a terminal?

On Thu, Jan 20, 2022 at 11:49 AM Linux for blind general discussion <
blinux-list at redhat.com> wrote:

> On my Windows machine I have VMware Workstation, which is free for
> personal use and has a few limitations, like not being able to run more
> than one VM at a time. As far as I know, VMware has rebranded VMware Player
> to VMware Workstation, so there are no longer two different products. This
> doesn't change anything said below, but it might help someone as they're
> looking around for what to download and more information.
>
> --
> Christopher (AKA CJ)
> Chaltain at Outlook
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blinux-list-bounces at redhat.com <blinux-list-bounces at redhat.com> On
> Behalf Of Linux for blind general discussion
> Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2022 6:55 AM
> To: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list at redhat.com>
> Subject: Re: Running a Linux VM on Windows and making it talk?
>
> On Thu, Jan 20, 2022 at 01:48:58PM +0200, Linux for blind general
> discussion wrote:
> >Once you have it running, you can use control-g to switch the keyboard
> >to the
> >
> >Oh and do not install the enhanced keyboard driver that VMWare offers,
> >apparently it causes big problems with Windows screen readers.
>
> I am also using VMware player and Workstation Pro on Windows 10 for linux
> guests and generaly I am very happy with this kind of setup. I've activated
> the enhanced keyboard drivers from VMware and I can not say that they cause
> problems with NVDA or Jaws, but maybe I just do not notice them :-). What
> kind of problems are this? Do you have any examples?
>
> TBH I do not even know what the enhanced keyboard driver does... If it
> rellay causes problems maybe I should also uninstall it...
>
> >I've not tried running a GUI under VMWare, but I don't expect any issues.
>
> I've done it and its working like it installed on a normal machine.
>
> BTW.: Have you managed  to copy content from the Windows clipboard into a
> console of the linux guest or do you know if this is possible by using just
> the keyboard? Is this what the enhanced keyboard driver is necessary for?
> And is tere a way to copy the content of the clipboard from the Linux
> guest to the Windows host?
>
> In general I am very happy with the setup and running a Linux guest on
> Windows with VMware, but exchanging content between the two systems could
> be easier, especialy for the content stored in the clipboard.
>
> Cheers,
>
>
>   Schoepp
>
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On Thu, 20 Jan 2022, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:

> I am also using VMware player and Workstation Pro on Windows 10 for linux
> guests and generaly I am very happy with this kind of setup. I've activated
> the enhanced keyboard drivers from VMware and I can not say that they cause
> problems with NVDA or Jaws, but maybe I just do not notice them :-). What
> kind of problems are this? Do you have any examples?

I'm sorry, I don't have specifics.  I've not done it myself but a friend 
told me they had all sorts of problems with it. I will ask for details.

> TBH I do not even know what the enhanced keyboard driver does... If it
> rellay causes problems maybe I should also uninstall it...

Well if it works for you then I'd leave it.

> BTW.: Have you managed  to copy content from the Windows clipboard into a
> console of the linux guest or do you know if this is possible by using just
> the keyboard? Is this what the enhanced keyboard driver is necessary for?
> And is tere a way to copy the content of the clipboard from the Linux guest
> to the Windows host?

>From what I've managed to find, the only way this is provided is via the 
guest desktop.  I've not found a way to use the clipboard to share between 
the Linux CLI and the Windows host.

This frustrates me as I'm sure the data from the clipboard could be 
accessed via some API in the CLI.  I'd be willing to look into this 
further.

For now, I have the documents folder mounted in the Linux guest (by 
default it shows up under /mnt/hgfs/Documents), and I use a text file to 
share stuff between the host and guest.

Cheers,
Geoff.