Re: [orca-list] Dual booting Linux besides windows questions



Awesome, thanks! 

On Fri, 2 Jul 2021 at 16:23, John G Heim <jheim math wisc edu> wrote:
I was googling for something else when I came upon this guide for
setting up a dual boot Ubuntu & Win10:

https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-install-ubuntu-20-04-alongside-windows-10-dual-boot

The only thing to add is that you must press alt+super+s as your first
step even before their step 1.

On 7/1/21 8:16 AM, John G Heim wrote:
> If you are setting up a dual-boot machine, Ubuntu has one significant
> advantage over Debian. When you are repartitioning the disk, Debian will
> ask you a lot of questions about how you want it done. Ubuntu will just
> say that it recognizes you're setting up a dual boot, present a new
> partitioning scheme, and let you accept it. The Debian approach gives
> you more control but if you're new to Linux, you may not know how to
> answer all the questions. You can probably just keep accepting the
> defaults in Debian but it could still be confusing.
>
> Have you considered just running Linux as a virtual machine? I found
> that when i had dual boot machines, I always used either Linux or
> Windows. It's such a pain to reboot that I found myself just sticking
> with whatever I was using. Weeks, months, or even years would go by
> without me booting into the other operating system. Now, I always do
> Linux and run Windows in a virtual machine.
>
>
> On 7/1/21 12:02 AM, orca-list gnome org wrote:
>> Yes, that's what I mean. Which distros have an
>> accessible installation process? Ubuntu is one of them I guess? Is
>> there a more recommended distro?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Mohammad
>>
>> On Thu, 1 Jul 2021 at 01:43, Jason White via orca-list
>> <orca-list gnome org <mailto:orca-list gnome org>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>     On 30/6/21 1:15 pm, mohammad suliman via orca-list wrote:
>>      > What I intended to ask is whether the setup process itself is
>>      > accessible. I am running Windows 10 on a laptop which I bought
>> last
>>      > year. From the guide I have read, the steps for setting up seem
>>     to be
>>      > doable with a screen reader, and I wanted to know whether my
>>      > conclusion is correct.
>>     If you mean the process of installing Linux, then, yes, it can be
>>     accessible with a screen reader, depending on the Linux distribution.
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