Re: [orca-list] Accessible distros

[Nick Wood <nick microlitesoftware co uk>]

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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