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From: "Georgina Joyce" <gena-j@bulldoghome.com>
To: "'Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.'"
	<speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Subject: RE: Regarding running Linux with Speakup under a virtual machine withWindows XP
Date: Fri, 8 Jun 2007 14:47:36 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <001401c7a9d3$96e74140$0302a8c0@forestfern> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <000301c7a933$64de3960$6901a8c0@YOUR3ADE1B78A3>

Hi

I can't help precisely with your question but wondered if you had considered all your options?

Had you considered making a dual boot machine and having the boot loader load windows by default?  By having a timeout of 10 seconds it increases the boot up time by ten seconds but you can hit enter to start the boot.  I like good old lilo, it's easy to have it beep at the prompt and you can use single key, i.e. you just a single letter to choose the boot option.

But having said which, why not teach your father to use Linux?  If he only wants to browse the web you could have it boot directly into a web browser.  Put Firefox on Windows and when's used to it move him over to Linux.  As for your VOIP, I'm sure that there are Linux solutions for you.  As a side issue, Chess has been discussing the best option in his recent Linux Reality pod casts.



Gena

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-----Original Message-----
From: speakup-bounces@braille.uwo.ca [mailto:speakup-bounces@braille.uwo.ca] On Behalf Of Keith Hinton
Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2007 7:41 PM
To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca
Subject: Regarding running Linux with Speakup under a virtual machine withWindows XP


Hi all on the list,
Here is an interesting situation I am in.
I have a Windows XP Media Center Edition box that I mainly use for Skype 
reasons and other voice over IP things that Linux sadly does not seem to 
help me with.
Now, I still want to run Linux, but can not do so by whiping out Windows, 
because the last time I did that my father unknown to me tryed to look up 
something online. As you may expect, he only knows Microsoft Windblows, so 
when he saw a Linux login terminal, he shut the system down the hard way 
because he could not figure out how to get back into it.
So, I reinstalled a clone of my working Gateway computer, and because of the 
hardware, Windows XP is actually stable, most of the time believe it or 
not.Now, would it be possible to use VMWare worksation and run Linux and 
isntall it, and use software speech with Speakup? Any considerations that I 
should take into account first? Will this work? Let me know. Regards,--Keith 


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Thread overview: 28+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
 Regarding running Linux with Speakup under a virtual machine with Windows XP Keith Hinton
     [not found] ` <20070607190124.GA21667@cm.nu>
   ` Gregory Nowak
     [not found]     ` <20070607203155.GA25838@cm.nu>
       ` Regarding running Linux with Speakup under a virtual machine withWindows XP Brent Harding
     [not found]   ` <1181250923.7639.10.camel@layla>
     ` Regarding running Linux with Speakup under a virtual machine with Windows XP Michael Whapples
       ` Regarding running Linux with Speakup under a virtual machinewith " Gregory Nowak
 ` Georgina Joyce [this message]
   ` Wireless Router Dawes, Stephen
     ` Travis Siegel
       ` Jürgen Dengo
       ` Doug Sutherland
         ` Alex Snow
           ` Scott Berry
           ` Doug Sutherland
             ` Alex Snow
     ` Alex Snow
       ` ace
         ` Glenn Ervin
         ` Doug Sutherland
         ` Alex Snow
           ` Georgina Joyce
     ` John McCann
       ` Alex Snow
         ` Scott Berry
           ` Alex Snow
     ` Jürgen Dengo
     ` Garrett Klein
       ` Openwrt Scott Berry
     ` Wireless Router Glenn Ervin

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