[nfbcs] Sluggishness of Vinux

Wed May 16 14:35:08 UTC 2012

If all you're using to edit C++ code is vim, then vim is absolutely accessible.

You'll need to run it inside the gnome termninal, and not as a windowing application.

prompt % vim -X <file>

note that the X is capitalized.

You can also edit the files locally on your windows box and them push
them to linux for compiling, using something like scp, ftp, or even
Samba though I think it may be overkill in this case.

Take Care,

Jim

On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 07:38:45AM -0400, Jordyn Castor wrote:
> Thanks all for your feedback. I am now running Vinux off a Flash Drive.
> After all that work though, I find out that the program we need to use for
> our class, Vim, doesn't seem to be accessible when reading the text I type
> into the editor. :( Awesome! lol
> Does anyone have any recommendations of powerful text editors for use with
> C++? Are the ones built into Vinux good enough?
> Thanks!
> Jordyn
> On 5/15/2012 8:33 PM, Jim Barbour wrote:
> >The VM will certainly slow down all I/O, including the speech. I still
> >firmly believe that moving away from running X windows, gnome, and
> >orca on your linux box toward running an ssh client on a windows box
> >will bring you the most noticeable improvements in sluggishness.
> >
> >If you really like orca, and want to stick with it, then yes; try it
> >on bare metal and see if you like it better.
> >
> >Jim
> >
> >On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 08:08:11PM -0400, Nadia C wrote:
> >>Hey Jordyn Castor,
> >>Good to see you and glad I have found your email adresss. I would
> >>advise you run it on one computer if you can not as a vm. Than use the
> >>speach built in. The VM's can make it really slow at times.
> >>
> >>Take care,
> >>Nadia
> >>
> >>On 5/14/12, Jim Barbour<jbar at barcore.com>  wrote:
> >>>I absolutely agree that SSH is a better way to interact with your Linux
> >>>machine. You can use a windows screen reader and a windows SSH client which
> >>>will be far more responsive than orca.
> >>>
> >>>  Jim
> >>>
> >>>Sent from my iPhone
> >>>
> >>>On May 14, 2012, at 3:09 PM, "Louis Maher"<ljmaher at swbell.net>  wrote:
> >>>
> >>>>Hello,
> >>>>
> >>>>I use a windows machine, with JAWS and a Brailliant Braille display,
> >>>>using
> >>>>SecureCRT http://www.vandyke.com/products/securecrt/ to give me a
> >>>>responsive
> >>>>character-based access to a Linux environment.  Once in Linux, you can
> >>>>use
> >>>>the Linux Screen program to give you as many character-based sessions as
> >>>>you
> >>>>want.  I use the Linux Samba program to connect my Windows environment to
> >>>>my
> >>>>Linux environment, thus allowing me to use Visual Studio, Windows
> >>>>Explorer
> >>>>and Internet Explorer on the Linux environment.
> >>>>
> >>>>My company uses Red hat Linux (version 5.6) with the KDE desktop.  I know
> >>>>of
> >>>>no graphical way to work with this type of Linux environment.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>Regards
> >>>>Louis Maher
> >>>>713-444-7838
> >>>>ljmaher at swbell.net
> >>>>http://www.nfbtx.org/localchapters/houston
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>-----Original Message-----
> >>>>From: nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> >>>>Behalf
> >>>>Of Jordyn Castor
> >>>>Sent: Monday, May 14, 2012 7:20 AM
> >>>>To: nfbcs at nfbnet.org
> >>>>Subject: [nfbcs] Sluggishness of Vinux
> >>>>
> >>>>Hey all,
> >>>>Next semester I have to use Linux to complete a C++ course. So, I figured
> >>>>I'd try out Vinux; I haven't ever used Linux in my life. I'm wondering if
> >>>>any of you know a way to lessen the lag. I'm using the virtual edition of
> >>>>Vinux. Would you all recommend just putting it on a flash drive?
> >>>>I'm really concerned about my efficiency and productivity in this course
> >>>>if
> >>>>the opperating system I'm using is so slow. Any feedback would be greatly
> >>>>appreciated!
> >>>>Thanks!
> >>>>Jordyn
> >>>>
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