Virtualbox or VMWare

[Zachary Kline]

Personally, for anything CLI-based, I'd say Linux is the answer most of the time.  Windows just wasn't designed to work from the CLI in the same way Linux was.
That being said, VBoxManage will work under Windows just fine, I believe.  The tricky part will probably be getting it in your PATH so you don't have to be in the VBox directory when you want to run it
Best,
Zack.
On Feb 17, 2011, at 7:51 AM, Tim Culhane wrote:

> Thanks for that.
> 
> Would  VBoxManage work  from the CLI in Windows 7 or would I have to be
> running it under linux?
> 
> Tim
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca [mailto:speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca]
> On Behalf Of Alex Snow
> Sent: 17 February 2011 15:48
> To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.
> Subject: Re: Virtualbox or VMWare
> 
> 
> It basicly comes down to what you prefer, a GUI or CLI for setup.  
> Virtualbox's GUI really isn't accessible, but it has a command-line 
> configuration program called VBoxManage that you can use.
> 
> On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 08:40:02AM -0000, Tim Culhane wrote:
>> Hi all,
>> 
>> Apologies if this is off topic, but what is the opinion of the list 
>> members as to the most accessible virtualisation software to use with 
>> a screen reader?
>> 
>> I've read that Virtualbox is much more responsive and efficient, but 
>> it uses the QT framework and thus its UI is not screen reader 
>> friendly.
>> 
>> On the flip side VMWare is a bit of a resource hogger  but is much 
>> more accessible.
>> 
>> Would this be the opinion of  people in general?
>> 
>> Note I would be using the virtualisation software  both with Jaws on 
>> Windows and Orca on linux.
>> 
>> Regards,
>> 
>> Tim
>> 
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