Posted on 10/07/2009 6:01:19 AM PDT by ShadowAce
Download OpenOffice and give it a whirl. I have no idea how much tweaking you’ll have to do.
Beats me. I don’t use Access. One can always go with Virtual Machines and install windows inside of Linux and run what ever app you want. convoluted way, but works. Is your app compatible with Open Office? that would be the easy way.
Thanks.
From the last time I checked, I don’t remember “Base” being a part of OpenOffice.
I will have to see how robust of a database it is.
Mint has both a 32 bit version and a 64 bit...SuperOS is 32 only...but is a bit closer to unmodified Ubuntu code.
Mint say they modify some things.
I like the fact that W7 will run on far less memory. My Dell 5150 laptop has 1 gig of ram, but I stole 1/2 that for some testing on a different laptop. W7 still ran just fine on 512 mgs of ram.
Meanwhile, my Vista system will about 1.3 gigs or so while IDLING. Doing NOTHING. Big improvement with W7.
You can install Windows inside Linux with Virtualbox. That way, you can run windows software without leaving Linux.
Try Virtualbox. You can run Civ4 and Citrix with it from inside Linux. There is even a ‘seamless mode’ that will make it look more like it is native to Linux.
BTW...have you read Liberal Fascism by Jonah Goldberg? Some interesting insights there into Teddy Roosevelt.
Well if I ever find myself on a low level bombing run , Ill be sure to look up Streets and Trips....
interesting
Funny! See geeks get all the chicks!
I just read about that virtual box and so this weekend may take that plunge
LOL! For those of us that like outdoor activities, topo maps are invaluable.
Yeah, that’s what I said.
I had a netbook with Linux Ubutu on it. Worked beautifully, except when I wanted to install the media player update so I could view videos on Facebook. Even when I told it what type of Linux OS I had, I never could get the program to install. I gave up after several weeks of frustration and after I found little to no solutions on the web.
There definitely could be improvements for the installation of programs for those of us who aren’t Linux geeks.
Well Synaptic package manager in Ubuntu 9.04 is a vast improvement over the manually installing Debian packages. But unlike Windows it can be much more cryptic than double clicking and EXE file and clicking continue, continue, continue...... One thing I like is repository capability, the ability to download a manifest of available software and then clicking install. Vastly better than searching all over the net for a download site and all the danger that is fraught with.
Can’t you get Natl Geo Topo maps with this capability for Delorme?
Sorry. On looking at your screen cap, it appears it is DeLorme’s Topo USA that is running, not Streets and Trips.
Right. The other guy said Streets and Trips. I was merely pointing out you couldn’t get this capability with a Garmin Nuvi.
With this I can hook-up a GPS to a netbook, install Delorme and have a killer, mobile topo-capable GPS with a 10” screen in my Jeep.
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