Re: [orca-list] OT: I need advice on using windows

[<chaltain gmail com>]

As I mentioned in another post, I'm using Qemu myself now. I had been using VMware, since I was familiar with 
it on Windows, and the GUI interface on Linux was accessible. When I moved to Ubuntu 16.04 I had problems 
with VMware Player, and instead of trying to fix those problems, I used it as an opportunity to learn and 
switch to Qemu and virt-manager. With Qemu and virt-manager, you can both work with the command line or use 
an accessible GUI.

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Christopher (AKA CJ)
Chaltain at Gmail

> -----Original Message-----
> From: orca-list <orca-list-bounces gnome org> On Behalf Of Nolan Darilek
> Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2020 8:44 AM
> To: orca-list gnome org
> Subject: Re: [orca-list] OT: I need advice on using windows
>
> Check out virt-manager. Mostly accessible, uses Qemu under the hood, and IME
> *much* faster than VirtualBox.
>
>
> It has a nice USB passthrough feature making using most USB hardware
> easier under Windows. If the VM launches and a device is plugged in,
> Linux uses it normally. If a device is plugged in *after* the VM boots,
> it usually routes directly to Windows (keyboards and a few other devices
> are exceptions.) With this feature, I've found that plugging in a USB
> audio device gives me very little latency, and I can do a bit of light
> real-time MIDI instrument playback without too much grief.
>
>
> A second machine will always be better. But, if that isn't an option,
> I'd recommend Virt-manager over VirtualBox. I've rarely gotten very good
> vbox performance under GUIs, but Virt-manager is significantly better.
>
> On 4/28/20 9:27 PM, José Vilmar Estácio de Souza wrote:
> > Hi all.
> >
> > First of all forgive me for the off topic message.
> >
> >
> > I need to do a job on a client that apparently only uses windows.
> >
> > The client uses teams, vpn with digital certificate, mainframe
> > emulator and most of these tools are based on the windows platform.
> >
> > Because of covid-19 the work will be all remote and therefore I will
> > have to use my machine, on which I only use linux.
> >
> > The first idea that comes to my mind is to install a windows VM and
> > use NVDA as a screen reader.
> >
> >
> > Does anyone use an environment similar to this?
> >
> > Which virtual machine provider would you recommend? virtualbox, qemu,
> > vmware? ...
> >
> > Would anyone have a different suggestion?
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
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