F8 and a GPS -

[Bob Goodwin USA]

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