I like the bratty idea sad though that our display is half defective and not
fixable. I’m thinking vmware is going to end up being my way to go. I just
don’t want to pay a small fortune for vmware when all i want is 1 linux vm
that’s useable.
deedra waters
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> On Dec 11, 2014, at 12:13 PM, Cheryl Homiak <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> The terminal is fine if one has a braille display and can use brltty, for
> which I know I should write a README but honestly I haven't been able to find
> time to do it! If nobody else does it first, I truly do plan to eventually.
> But in my opinion, without brltty, the terminal isn't much fun though it can
> be used for entering commands without too much trouble. With brltty, I just
> turn voiceover off if using the terminal for any length of time because I've
> had issues with terminal crashing and it doesn't seem to happen if voiceover
> isn't on.
>
> I did run vmware with linux for a time and it's doable. I also fixed up an
> old powerpc Mac mini with wheezy for kind of a backup for my linux needs.
>
> Having homebrew and/or Macports does much broaden your options in terminal
> also.
>
>
>
> --
> Cheryl
>
>
> Go beyond the Christmas story this year;
> meet Immanuel (God with us),
> Jesus, the crucified Savior,
> Christ, the risen LORD!!!
>
>
>
>
>
>> On Dec 11, 2014, at 1:43 PM, deedra waters <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> Well, first of all i’m more or less happy with what i got in terms of the
>> macbook air. it’s portable and light which is good. I was able to sit in the
>> er for several hours waiting for my turn to see the doctor and was actually
>> not bored there for once.
>>
>> I had brought the macbook and a usb headset. Usually when i land in the
>> hospital they end up admitting me because of some of my medical issues. This
>> time though I wasn’t admitted but had i been i’d have books at least!
>>
>> Either way the 10ish hours passed rarely quickly with something to do. I was
>> really annoyed the fact that i couldn’t get my media i’d brought to play for
>> the life of me…. Instead i watched episodes of days of our lives from the
>> iTunes store *snicker*
>>
>> From a linux point of view though things are quite different. for example
>> tail -n 50 doesn’t work across platforms in terms of the mac and linux with
>> the mac you have to type something like tail -50 to get what you want.
>> Little things like that ended up requiring the linux/unix skills of my
>> fiancé to get certain of my scripts and some other python tools to work
>> properly.
>>
>> I’m highly unsatisfied with the terminal though I mean it does simple mac
>> type things fine and works well enough for that but unless i buy vmware
>> fusion or unless there’s a cheaper way of getting a linux vm up and running
>> for those tasks that just don’t do well in the mac terminal
>>
>> The speech interrupts are highly annoying in the terminal i’d kill for a
>> way to turn those off and on. I also ended up buying a few apps that just
>> make things simpler for me. Take the my medical app. With as sick as i am,
>> that app is almost a needed thing. I’ve been working to get as much of my
>> medical records as possible put into the app so that way if worse comes to
>> worse all i have to do is turn voiceover off, they should be able to access
>> and read the info then give the thing back to me. In theory at least it
>> sounds like a great idea. I’m probably going to have to find a way of
>> getting the data to export to a readable format such as pdf for them.
>>
>> Mac journal i also found useful for several things.
>>
>> Over all, i like what i got. I still have a ton to learn but i think that
>> that will come with time and practice. Now to hunt down iTunes podcasts.:)
>>
>>
>> deedra waters
>> [email protected]
>>
>>
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