TomTom on Ubuntu

[Felipe DOMINGUEZ]

hello

I am facing the same problem and I do believe that we have to complain. It
is the only way they know there is a market out there  who want Linux.



On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 4:41 PM, H.S. <hs.samix at gmail.com> wrote:

> LAMP wrote:
> > Mark Syms wrote:
> >>> Message: 2
> >>> Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2009 11:01:24 -0500
> >>> From: LAMP <lamp at afan.net>
> >>> Subject: TomTom on Ubuntu
> >>> To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions"
> >>>     <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> >>> Message-ID: <4A367054.3000504 at afan.net>
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> >>>
> >>> does anyone has any experience attaching TomTom GPS (my model is XL-S)
> >>> to the Ubuntu machine to be able to manage TomTom-s feature, do
> >>> update/upgrades etc.?
> >>>
> >>> afan
> >>>
> >> Unfortunately, although the TomTom devices themselves run Linux the
> >> management software is all Windows or Mac so you can't do anything with
> >> them from within Ubuntu.
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >>
> >> Mark.
> >
> > What about other GPS brands? Magellan, Garmin,...? Any?
> >
> > Looks like I have to switch back to dual boot just because of couple
> > issues still not solved in Linux. :-(
>
> Yes, it just might what you have to do. But I would strongly recommend
> bitching to TomTom people about this. After all they are ones providing
> the software and are ignoring the Linux community. Complaining strongly
> to them will at least put this in to their ears. Who knows, after enough
> complaints it might actually go in to their heads.
>
> Good luck.
>
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