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

[mohammad suliman <mohmad s93 gmail com>]

Thanks all for the information! As for virtual machines, that's the way I used Linux in the past but I didn't quite like it. Maybe because I did it on my previous laptop which was old at that time. I need to think carefully about my different options indeed.

Best,

Mohammad

On Thu, 1 Jul 2021 at 16:16, John G Heim <jheim math wisc edu> 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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