Jason Liquorish wrote: > Gordon wrote: >> The last barrier to ditching MS completely is two-fold. >> One - updating my Garmin Nuvi Satnav (the web updatyer apparently is >> only for Windows) and secondly back-up and restore of my Nokia mobile >> via Nokia PC Suite. >> >> There seem to be one or two sync apps for Nokia - anything to be >> recommended? > > You could try running the Garmin updater software using Wine [1][2] and > I think I remember hearing about a program called Gnokii [3] for Nokia > mobiles. Not quite sure if it is what you are looking for as I only > vaguely remember a blogger giving it praise and have not had a chance to > try it myself, but it may be worth a look. > > A quick look on the community documentation also suggests that you may > be able to sync to Evolution [4] but I do not know if that includes the > ability to restore back to the phone. > > As well as that a quick Google turned up the suggestion of a program > called Gammu [5]. > > Hope that something there helps you out, I am sure someone else could > give you a more solid recommendation but that should get you started. It > is good to hear that you have almost moved over and just have a few > things left =) > > [1] http://bit.ly/10snx3 > [2] http://bit.ly/yRqFQ > [3] http://bit.ly/3OLtK9 > [4] http://bit.ly/Hh3jW > [5] http://bit.ly/qiPU7 >
Thanks for that - fortunately I have a Linux Netbook (Tosh NB100 with 9.04 on) to test all this out on rather than my main laptop! -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
