Thanks, Matt! I'm downloading their pre-built Arch Linux image as I write this.
I was happy to pay $10 9less one penny) for an accessible vm. Clearly, I'm hoping this works out! I'll report when I've successfully started running Arch in an UTM vm, or when I give up on trying. Best, Janina 'Matt Turner' via MacVisionaries writes: > Hi. > you can download UTM from the app store for $9 to support the developers, > but you don???t have to. > you can get it for free from this link. > https://mac.getutm.app > > > On Jan 3, 2024, at 10:27 AM, matthew dyer <ilovecountrymusic...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > I have not tried UTM, but looked at it in the App Store. Is it accessible? > > How does this work? Thanks. > > > > Matthew > > > > > > > >> On Jan 2, 2024, at 6:08???PM, 'Sabahattin Gucukoglu' via MacVisionaries > >> <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> wrote: > >> > >> This whole situation makes me sad. Of course it's less convenient to carry > >> multiple machines around, and there's basically no real choice to > >> dual-boot, so our VM tools have to work. When they're snatched away from > >> us by indifference to critical accessibility bugs, we suffer, not only > >> lost opportunity but arguably the entire value proposition of these > >> expensive machines, which need to run multiple operating systems to > >> compensate for the inadequacy of any single operating system. Sigh. > >> > >> I'm looking at the possible options, but realistically if you need to use > >> Braille in your guest it's Parallels or UTM. You have various options if > >> you only need textmode access as such, like vmctl/vmcli or qemu, but that > >> gets us back to the problem of macOS Terminal. Certainly it can't hurt you > >> to learn tdsr, however it's not a substitute to Terminal or the Linux > >> screen readers for speech and braille, but an adjunct. > >> > >> I hope vmWare is fixed soon, as I still find it to be the best option for > >> me. 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