VMWare?

[Thomas D. Ward]

That's not true. You can setup x-windows yourself, and once x is working you
can have vmware load automatically in your .xinitrc file in your home
directory.
Them all you need do is type startx and have vmware and x-windows start
together.

----- Original Message -----
From: Aaron Howell <aaron at kitten.net.au>
To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Sunday, April 20, 2003 7:31 AM
Subject: Re: VMWare?


> 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
> > > >
> > > >
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