I'm not sure how fast Colinux would run on your machine for compiling things. Any time you run a machine in a virtual environment on older hardware there will be a major reduction in speed because of the virtual layer. Newer machines have better processors that have hardware virtualization built in to them to assist in running guest machines like what your looking to do. Tom -----Original Message----- From: speakup-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca] On Behalf Of alex wallis Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2008 6:25 PM To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. Subject: Re: linux on a windows box Hi. I don't no about booting from USB devices, but how would that help? So does it look like using vmware might be the only option I have? I considered microsoft virtual pc, but the problem with that is i'd need xp pro to run it. My problem is I don't have resources to run vmware, and i'm really wanting the linux setup, because I use an OS on my mp3 player called rockbox, and at the moment i use cygwin to compile it which is very slow. If i could find a solution that was very fast and didn't take up loads of resources I would like to be a machine they use to do there builds each time the project gets upgraded. But at the moment so far as I can see, the only way I can do it and at the same time still have access to windows would be to use vmware which is a serious resource muncher. And I just couldn't do it. I thought colinux looked a good option, so if anyone has any other ideas that are less resource intensive than vmware i'd be interested. Thanks for your help. Alex. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Georgina" <gena@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "'Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.'" <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2008 10:46 PM Subject: RE: linux on a windows box > > I was wondering has anyone had experience with using this, and getting > linux > > setup using it and obviously running a screen reader? > > I'd not heard of this project but having read the FAQ, it would be very > difficult to get something working. There's no mention of serial devices > which are likely to be virtual within the colinux environment. So this > would not allow speakup's hardware synth support. As for the software > synth > and for speakup or orca, I'm not sure owing to the difficulties mentioned > of > having to use a sound server which we already do for software speech. > Then > there's the device names, not only would you need to learn the linux names > of your hard disk, you'd also need to learn the colinux virtual naming > system. It certainly doesn't sound like something a newbie should even > begin to consider. > > I must admit, I'm interested in this area as I'm setting up a business > catering for this type of situation. So I hope that someone who doesn't > have a vested interest proffer an opinion. > > But how about using a external hard disk or USB pen? Can you investigate > whether your laptop can boot from USB devices? > > Gena > Ready2GoLinux www.ready2golinux.com > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
