Hi, Of course I care. Why wouldn't I? If this will make it a lot easier to install several distributions at your fingertips, no more having to try and install VM Workstation, find the right ISO, and set everything up. I want to try and figure out why Festival and Festvox isn't working the way I want it to. So I'm hoping that this will take over what we have now. -Ulysses On 12/13/2017 8:51 AM, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: > Hi, > > Will it be different? Of course. Just think of all the apps on a typical > Linux /usr/bin/. Is that sufficiently different from Power Shell? I > think so. > > Let alone whatever else one might install, e.g. mplayer, irssi, gdb, > etc., etc. > > If all you need is what you describe, I expect you don't care, though. > That's OK. Others will certainly want the additional tooling, let alone > bash scripting. > > Janina > > Linux for blind general discussion writes: >> Hi, >> >> I can already use Windows Power Shell with Scoop and Open SSH, thanks to >> a line of code someone sent me. I pasted it into Windows Power Shell, >> and then I let it install everything. Now, whenever I need to access my >> server, I launch Windows Power Shell, type ssh user@hostname and press >> enter. Will this be any different from what I am doing now? In the past, >> I used Secure CRT and Putty with Win SCP, but now I find that all I ened >> is Windows Power Shell and Win SCP. >> >> -Ulysses >> >> >> On 12/13/2017 7:32 AM, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: >>> Hello, Blinux Folks: >>> >>> No doubt many of you are aware that the developer tools available on >>> Microsoft's Windows 10, beginning with last year's so-called Anniversary >>> Edition of Windows 10, include a reasonably sophisticated bash shell >>> environment based on Ubuntu. Microsoft developed this environment in a >>> contractual agreement with Canonical. >>> >>> So, with the appropriate Windows 10 install, one can now run various >>> console apps under the Windows Terminal, including package management >>> with apt, using NVDA or JAWS. >>> >>> I have it on good authority that JAWS will be tweaking it's support for >>> the Windows terminal to better support this new power. >>> >>> Well, that's not the end of the story, as it transpires. Coming soon, >>> according to the following announcement, is the ability to download and >>> install other Linux distributions on your Windows 10 machine including >>> Suse and Fedora. Aparently, one can even run multiple Linux >>> distributions side by side, should that be desirable for any reason. >>> Here's the Microsoft announcement: >>> >>> https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/commandline/2017/05/11/new-distros-coming-t >>> >>> So, I'm wondering where will our community gather to share support for >>> this environment? Afaik, this list is still the best choice. I'm aware >>> of no other. But, I know there's a need. >>> >>> An example is the need for an effective clipboard mechanism. Apparently, >>> that's not currently present. Guess I'll file a bug when I get my Apple >>> Bootcamp Windows environment up and running later this week. >>> >>> hth >>> >>> Janina >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Blinux-list mailing list >> Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx >> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list