F8 and a GPS -
Erik P. Olsen
epodata at gmail.com
Mon Jun 30 19:19:40 UTC 2008
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
>
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=gps%2Blinux&btnG=Google+Search
--
Erik.
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