My set up is a bit different. Currently I'm running Ubuntu on my desktop
system, and I bring Windows up in a virtual machine as necessary. I use
VMware Player since it's GUI is accessible with Orca. This way, I don't
have to reboot to switch between Windows and Linux. I run Linux as my
host OS since that's the OS I spend most of my time in. I used to do it
the other way, but once I got comfortable enough with Linux, I switched
them around. Note, that my desktop system is set up to dual boot between
Windows and Ubuntu, but I haven't booted it into Windows since that
first weekend I got it two years ago. I haven't found there's anything I
need to do in Windows I can't do in a virtual machine.
I also use VMware Player to run newer versions of Ubuntu in a virtual
machine as well. This gives me a chance to check things out before
installing them as my host OS.
On 03/23/2013 05:08 AM, Tony Baechler wrote:
Hi,
For what it's worth, let me throw in my two cents. I also have a dual
boot setup here and I use Cygwin. I went with Debian on all of my Linux
machines, but I have read lots of good things about Arch. What I like
about my setup here is that I don't have to leave Windows to access my
server with ssh from Cygwin, but I can reboot into Linux on my desktop
when it suits me or if I know I'll be spending several hours working in
Linux. In other words, when I have a complicated Linux task to perform
such as setting up a server, email, web, etc, I prefer Speakup because
it works great with almost all console programs. When I'm just doing
something quickly on my Linux box, I usually use Cygwin ssh so I can do
other things in Windows without having to reboot. I now have a shortcut
key set up here so I can get to the Cygwin bash shell easily. Another
reason why I like being able to boot into Linux on my desktop machine is
because USB is much, much faster. What takes 10 minutes in Windows only
takes a minute in Linux. I get a lot of books from NLS Bard as well as
podcasts and it's nice to quickly copy them to my SD cards. I have a
script to help with this.
On 3/22/2013 6:43 PM, Dan Rossi wrote:
rintelligent
Hello,
Just an introduction here. I've actually been a member of this list for
years, but rarely read it. I work on linux every day, five days a
week, and
7 days when I am on call, but I access my machines via a Windows box and
ssh. I've never done a linux install and know very little about
installing
packages, or any of the screen readers. I'm trying to collect info on
which
distro to start with. I expect I will go with arch or debian as I have
decided that I need to use the 30 to 45 minutes a day of free time that I
have, and so I purchased a Raspberry Pi as well as an Arduino starter
kit.
I figure that I might as well get my Windows box set up as a dual
boot, or
consider a virtual linux box on there for fun as well. I do run cygwin
on my
windows boxes just to help with certain tasks.
Nice to see a lot of familiar names still in the arena. I'll start asking
questions once I have reasonably intelligent questions to ask.
-- Blue skies.
Dan Rossi
Senior Oracle Database Administrator
Carnegie Mellon University.
E-Mail: dr25@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Tel: (412) 268-9081
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