Re: F8 and a GPS -

["Erik P. Olsen" <epodata gmail com>]

On 30/06/08 19:21, Bob Goodwin USA wrote:
> Beartooth wrote:
> >     Wine 1.0 is out at last; so it's possible you can at last -- with 
> > it or CrossoverOffice. If you do, please post how here, with a large 
> > fanfare.
> >
> >     I have Garmins, with software from Garmin, Maptech, Topo.com, and 
> > Delorme -- and I have <curse, snarl, screech> a machine I can run XP 
> > on just for that.
> >
> >     Two or three years ago, I worked long and hard, with this list and 
> > two or three others including CrossoverOffice, to manage under linux. 
> > I managed to get two of the four suites of software to run under 
> > Fedora -- but never did get any of them to talk to any of my Garmins.
> >
> >     There *are* also several linux-native apps -- if you're Alpha Plus 
> > Technoid enough to use them. Last time I tried, it took not only a lot 
> > more linux-savvy than I've got, but something like a graduate degree 
> > in cartography besides.
> >
> >     Good luck! And  please report in exhaustive detail. Pretty please.
> >
> >   
>
> My interest in this project is pretty casual and if it requires Wine or 
> Windows software I wont bother.  This computer will boot Windows XP but 
> hasn't done so in a long while and I have never tried it with the GPS.  
> I did find some GPS related applications listed in Yumex and installed 
> whatever looked appropriate but I am still trying to find what I can do 
> with them if anything.
>
> Bob
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--
Erik.