I have four legacy suites of map software (Garmin and three others that I care less about) and four different GPSs (all Garmin), with a dozen years' accumulation of waypoints, routes, etc. Wine under Fedora usually (not always, for some reason) lets me install and run the Garmin suite and one other; but it does not enable the software to talk to the GPSs (which all use a serial port -- and no serial/USB adapter I know of helps). I've looked, every couple of years, at various linux-native map software, and always found a learning curve that would be beyond whatever life and strength I may have left -- even if I were sure it could digest my legacy data. So, afaict, the alternative is to install a virtual M$ under one of the virtualization packages, and run my legacy software under that. It will almost never get a connection to the Net, other than updates from Garmin. Has anyone here done this? Is one package more user-friendly than another? The last time I looked at one, two or three years ago (and I disremember which), it had a learning curve as daunting as linux-native map software .... Is there a pons asinorum for such a project anywhere?? -- Beartooth Staffwright, Neo-Redneck Not Quite Clueless Power User I have precious (very precious!) little idea where up is. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
