Re: [orca-list] Accessible distros

[Janina Sajka <janina rednote net>]

Nick Wood writes:
> 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.
I haven't run VMware on a Linux host in 20 years, but this sensitivity
to kernel versions was a most frustrating aspect of reliance on VMware then. So, it's disappointing
to hear that VMware still depends on particular Linux kernel versions.

Not only did VMware require a particular kernel version, but their
modules supporting newer kernel versions tended to trail kernel releases
by weeks, if not months. So, it was much worse than simply updating the
VMware software on a kernel upgrade--you had to watch and wait for a
VMware update release--and more money might be required, as VMware is
not floss.

I am contemplating going back to an environment using virtual machines,
but I'm not about to go with VMware again for these reasons.

So, since we're on the topic, let me simply ask: Why not KVM/qemu?

Or, if one must go commercial, Virtualbox?

Best,

Janina

> 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
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > orca-list mailing list
> > > orca-list gnome org
> > > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/orca-list
> > > Orca wiki: https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/Orca
> > > Orca documentation: https://help.gnome.org/users/orca/stable/
> > > GNOME Universal Access guide:
> > > https://help.gnome.org/users/gnome-help/stable/a11y.html
> > > Log bugs and feature requests at http://bugzilla.gnome.org
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> GNOME Universal Access guide: https://help.gnome.org/users/gnome-help/stable/a11y.html
> Log bugs and feature requests at http://bugzilla.gnome.org

-- 

Janina Sajka

Linux Foundation Fellow
Executive Chair, Accessibility Workgroup:       http://a11y.org

The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
Chair, Accessible Platform Architectures        http://www.w3.org/wai/apa