Hmmm... I can't explain that. I use vinux all the time but I have not used
it in a vm. I always use plain old debian in my virtual machines. But vinux
is a ubuntu fork which is, in turn, a debian fork. And software speech works
fine in debian in a vm. Then again, I'm using VMWare esx as my hypervisor
and that might have better sound card support than VMWare fusion. Still, it
seems odd to me that sound doesn't work in fusion because the sound card on
a vm is just some common, generic sound card that linux defeinately has
drivers for. I think it should work.
I guess you never know about VMware though. I just found out that VMWare
exxi doesn't support SATA DVD drives. So I'm going to have to put an old
fashioned IDE CD-ROM in my brand new VMWare host.
You're not going to have a serial port either, are you? Another thing I've
done to get started with linux in a vm is to add a serial port to the vm and
then used a hardware speech synth to install linux on the vm. That works
pretty slick. I haven't tried this for a couple of years and back then I
was running VMWare server2. Still, my hardware speech synth worked fine
connected through as a virtual serial port on my virtual linux machine. That
technology is so simple I'd think serial ports would work in all versions of
VMWare.
And finally, I very frequently install linux n a vm via a linux package
called fai )for "Fully Automated Install). Its non-trivial setting that up.
We use it in my department to install linux on the 150 or so linux desktops
we have. So I have to maintain it anyway. I can create a linux vm in about
30 minutes by doing an fai install. Its a really slick tool but if you're
starting from scratch with it, it will probably take you several days to
figure it out. And you need another linux machine to act as the installation
server.
I've never used VMWare fusion so I am not sure that it works like other
VMWare products. But I'm assuming you install your operating system on the
vm by booting the vm from a CD or DVD. I'm thinking you may have to
investigate the various automated installation packages for linux that are
out there.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott Granados"
I tried Vinux, it would seem to start in my VM and then no sound or anything. Was really not sure what to do with out any sort of speech on the boot process and didn't have a sited assistant at the time.
On Nov 6, 2011, at 11:38 AM, John G. Heim wrote:
When I decided to get started learning linux, I just went out and got a cheap used computer. In character mode, linux will still run on just about anything. I have the current stable version of debian linux on a 15 year old laptop. But if you're going to run the GUI, you'll need a fairly powerful machine.
One way or another, I think a good way to get started is with a live CD and for that I would recommend vinux. http://vinuxproject.org.
On Nov 5, 2011, at 9:32 PM, Scott Granados wrote:
Hi, I tried a while to download an iso and use it under VM Fusion on a mac with not much luck. Can anyone point me at a how too to get started with Fusion and Unix (Linux or FreeBSD is fine) from the viewpoint of a blind user?
Any pointers would be appreciated.
Thanks Scott
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