Hi, Scott: I always appreciate your viewpoint, so am responding at a little length.
I find Fusion quite acceptable for the use case where I want access to all the OS installed on my system. One example of when this happens is when I want to view a web page via multiple browsers. There are other examples, but the point now is that there's a counter example. The counter example is when I'm at a conference, participating in the give and take of a meeting around a coference table--something I do a fair bit of. In this case I can only give partial attention to the laptop, though I do need to track minute taking via IRC, and such. In this situation I need no muss no fuss access to rock solid connectivity. For me this means the command line tools, and that means Linux. No one else comes close on the cli, though I haven't tried the new Windows 10 Ubuntu import yet. There's an additional reason why the counter example should be a single OS boot, namely that I don't want to hog multiple IP addresses. If I use Fusion, I find I get one IP assigned to the Mac OS, and a second IP assigned to the Fusion VM. There's no way around this as the Mac is essentially hosting the device and bridging the Fusion VM. This introduces latency and also makes me a less than good citizen on the wifi mesh. So, my analysis says either I find a way to triple boot my Airbook, or I don't travel with it. And, in my mind, the only point of a laptop is to be able to travel. So, either I figure out a triple boot that works; or I dual boot OSX and Linux, leaving Windows to a Fusion VM--which is a possibility; or I sell the Airbook for what I can get and get something else to use on the road. In point of fact I have not traveled with my Airbook on my last business trips. Instead, I took along an almost 9 year old Thinkpad running Arch linux with both Speakup and Orca. Actually, it was quite adequate for my purposes. So, it's decision time because these two end of year weeks are kind of free time for me. It's a good time to do installations and configurations of stuff for the coming year. Janina Scott Granados writes: > Hi there, personally I would advise against this and I’m most willing to hear > opposing viewpoints on this but here’s my take. Using vision you have a > totally accessible path to each OS. Using bootcamp the selection of the OS > you wish to boot is not accessible to my understanding of things. If you’re > in a hurry this could be an issue. I’m sure like anything it’s just a matter > of memorizing key presses but for me fusion does so well I wouldn’t bother > with the potential headaches. > > Just my $.02 realize that doesn’t answer your larger question of how to. > > > On Dec 17, 2016, at 7:27 AM, 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hi, All: > > > > I'm mulling a rebuild of the various OS on my 2013 vintage Airbook. I > > have VMware, and I've used it more or less successfully. But, there are > > times on the road where I don't need to switch among the various > > installed OS. These are times were direct access into one OS will be > > sufficient. > > > > So, it's clear that Bootcamp is there to dual boot OSX and Windows. But, > > what about a third booting option? Say I want a third choice, say Arch > > Linux. > > > > I find a howto on the net for setting this up: > > https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/MacBook > > > > But, before I dive in to try and get it going, I wanted to ask for the > > experience and wisdom of any here who may have successfully created a > > triple boot configuration. > > > > Thanks in advance for any guidance. > > > > Janina > > > > -- > > > > Janina Sajka, Phone: +1.443.300.2200 > > sip:[email protected] > > Email: [email protected] > > > > Linux Foundation Fellow > > Executive Chair, Accessibility Workgroup: http://a11y.org > > > > The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) > > Chair, Accessible Platform Architectures http://www.w3.org/wai/apa > > > > -- > > The following information is important for all members of the Mac > > Visionaries list. > > > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners > > or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. 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