Subject: | PC's, electronic charts & Linux anyone?
| Date: | Wed, 15 Oct 2003 21:36:22 GMT
| From: | Mark Pearson <mark@youmustbejokingright.org>
| Newsgroups: | uk.rec.sailing,alt.sailing
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Hi all,
A friends got a boat & said friend is thinking of going electronic with
the charts. The dedicated bits of equipment aren't desired (or
affordable) with a laptop and or a pda being multifunctional. The
software is always a. MS Windows only & b.silly money AFAIK :(
Linux based 'Autoroute' type programs exist but has anyone experience of
marine software?
Googling brings up a dead link to one Linux offering which is some 2/3
years dated.
I guess Wine is an option but apparantly some of these (M$) based
programs use 'dongol's(?) which may cause a problem?
Has anyone broken away from the flock and tried something different?
(i.e. non M$ based & therefore stable...)
Cheers,
Mark.
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Heyho :)
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