Anyone know of good Linux GPS driving map software?

[Gene Heskett]

On Friday 14 March 2008, Les Mikesell wrote:
>Gene Heskett wrote:
>>> 	I tried long and hard a couple years back with CrossOverOffice
>>> (CXO); and got to where it would launch and run Garmin, Maptech, and
>>> Topo.com (but not Delorme) -- and couldn't enable any of them to talk to
>>> any of my GPSs. Maybe you'd have better luck now.
>>>
>>> 	One of the machines on my desk has a second hard drive that I can
>>> boot to XP when I want to bad enough; I'm in process of looking for a
>>> sturdy laptop with XP still on it for the car.
>>
>> I left 25GB for xp to play in on that lappy, but the default boot is to
>> linux.
>
>You'd have a fair chance of making this work if you install the free
>VMware server on the linux side and configure it to use the windows
>partiton.  Even better if you create a virtual vmware drive and install
>windows into it. You'll have to re-activate your xp, perhaps either way.
>
Re-activate?  AFAIK, it still works, dual boot setup from the gitgo.
OTOH, if Bill has had his folks figgur out a way to reach through linux, and 
trash the xp partition, well, sniff.  On second thought, Nah, I won't miss 
it.  The warranty is about up, and when its done, so is xp anyway.
>--
>   Les Mikesell
>    lesmikesell at gmail.com



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