However, if you are running any kind of servers, a web site, mail server, etc., It would be better to run vmware, because you would have to run your servers on the windows boot as well, which is not good for mail servers, because you wouldn't be able to check the linux server under windows or the windows server under linux. As far as setting up x-windows, it worked the first time I typed startx on both of my slackware systems. Lorenzo No committee could ever come up with anything as revolutionary as a camel -- anything as practical and as perfectly designed to perform effectively under such difficult conditions. -- Laurence J. Peter Aaron Howell staggered into view and mumbled: > For blind people, a dual boot. > It saves on having to try to start an Xterm then run vmware from within an x session, > and you can set that one up yourself, where with Vmware you are currently still going to need at least some sighted assistance, > if only to get x up and running to a point where it will actually run Vmware. > Regards > Aaron > On Sun, Apr 20, 2003 at 07:17:00AM -0400, Charles Crawford wrote: > > Hmmm. So I wonder which is more productive, a dual boot or VMware? > > > > -- charlie. > > On Sat, > > 19 Apr 2003, Thomas D. Ward wrote: > > > > > Well, your going to need a windows screen reader in eddition to speakup. > > > Your also going to have to have x-windows setup, because vmware runs through > > > x windows. > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: Charles Crawford <ccrawford at acb.org> > > > To: Speakup List <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > > > Sent: Saturday, April 19, 2003 8:55 AM > > > Subject: VMWare? > > > > > > > > > > Hello All, > > > > > > > > I am seriously thinking of adding VMWare to my Linux 9 computer at > > > > work. I want to install win98 so I can run MS-Word and some DOS apps in > > > > addition to the stuff I have already in Linux. Anyone had any experience > > > > with this and are there any problems for speakup? > > > > > > > > --- Charlie Crawford > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Speakup mailing list > > > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Speakup mailing list > > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > -- > > -- Charlie Crawford > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
