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.
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