Re: [orca-list] Accessible distros



I tend to agree with Kyle and Christopher.

Windows runs very well as a VM these days - just make sure you have a decent CPU and enough RAM.

I use Fedora as the host, with a range of Windows virtual machines running using VMWare Workstation as I need Windows for work - and it works very well.

I love the fact that while Windows is busy doing Windows updates or whatever it might be doing I can just switch back to Linux and carry on being productive with other tasks.

Linux is far from perfect - and I hate how Fedora can just drop a new kernel version into the regular software updates which can completely break VMWare - but overall I am very happy with my setup.

Regards,

Nick

On 02/12/2018 16:49, Christopher Chaltain via orca-list wrote:
When we ran Linux and Windows at work, this was about 15 years ago, we ran Windows at the host operating system and Linux in the virtual machine. We found that Windows liked to assume it had exclusive use of the hardware so it was more problematic getting it to run in a virtual machine. Linux, on the other hand, seemed to run much better and with fewer problems in the virtual machine.


Since then, for home use, I've run Linux on the bare metal and Windows in a virtual machine, and I found this to be satisfactory. Of course, I had to have the hardware resources to support this.


Bottom line is that I'd listen to Kyle.


On 12/2/18 8:42 AM, Kyle via orca-list wrote:
If you must run a VM, I would always recommend running Linux as the host and running your work VM on top of Linux. The Linux host is far more stable, and it's much easier to roll back a VM that goes wonky than it is to have to reinstall your host OS and potentially lose the VM in the process.

Regarding which distro to use, I think it's mostly personal preference, as GNOME and MATE desktops are both quite accessible using Orca. That said, I think Fedora Live Workstation is probably your best bet, as you can just press alt_super_s to start Orca as soon as the OS boots up. I no longer have an x86_64 machine to test this, but the last time I did, the installer worked pretty well.
~Kyle
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