Running a Linux VM on Windows and making it talk?

[Linux for blind general discussion]

The virtual machine seems to work (someone confirmed that it starts up) but
Orca is missing. Do I try to install Orca on the VM somehow, without
speech, or is there some way to log into the VM from a terminal?

On Thu, Jan 20, 2022 at 11:49 AM Linux for blind general discussion <
blinux-list at redhat.com> wrote:

> On my Windows machine I have VMware Workstation, which is free for
> personal use and has a few limitations, like not being able to run more
> than one VM at a time. As far as I know, VMware has rebranded VMware Player
> to VMware Workstation, so there are no longer two different products. This
> doesn't change anything said below, but it might help someone as they're
> looking around for what to download and more information.
>
> --
> Christopher (AKA CJ)
> Chaltain at Outlook
>
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> Subject: Re: Running a Linux VM on Windows and making it talk?
>
> On Thu, Jan 20, 2022 at 01:48:58PM +0200, Linux for blind general
> discussion wrote:
> >Once you have it running, you can use control-g to switch the keyboard
> >to the
> >
> >Oh and do not install the enhanced keyboard driver that VMWare offers,
> >apparently it causes big problems with Windows screen readers.
>
> I am also using VMware player and Workstation Pro on Windows 10 for linux
> guests and generaly I am very happy with this kind of setup. I've activated
> the enhanced keyboard drivers from VMware and I can not say that they cause
> problems with NVDA or Jaws, but maybe I just do not notice them :-). What
> kind of problems are this? Do you have any examples?
>
> TBH I do not even know what the enhanced keyboard driver does... If it
> rellay causes problems maybe I should also uninstall it...
>
> >I've not tried running a GUI under VMWare, but I don't expect any issues.
>
> I've done it and its working like it installed on a normal machine.
>
> BTW.: Have you managed  to copy content from the Windows clipboard into a
> console of the linux guest or do you know if this is possible by using just
> the keyboard? Is this what the enhanced keyboard driver is necessary for?
> And is tere a way to copy the content of the clipboard from the Linux
> guest to the Windows host?
>
> In general I am very happy with the setup and running a Linux guest on
> Windows with VMware, but exchanging content between the two systems could
> be easier, especialy for the content stored in the clipboard.
>
> Cheers,
>
>
>   Schoepp
>
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