Garmin & Dynojet SW and Linux

[user 10407]

Hi all

In the last weeks I got very confused about M$ and it's hungry Vista. :grrr: My brandnew laptop (with pre installed Vista) has low performance like it was from 2003 or 2004 and runs XP. I can't access to folders on the NAS or other network sources. It doesn't work or doesn't work propperly with most expencive software I own. The funny about it is, that I buy the new laptop because my old CPU doesn't support a feature that was need by the actual version of Adobe Premiere.

I've tested different flavours of Linux and it was so fast. :yahoo: I've tested Linux on my old machine and it fastens too. :good:

ahhhhm ... I'm NOT an IT specialist!

I download and burn some disc images (*.iso) of Ubuntu in different flavours. There is a linux solution for the most needed functions. Free to download on the package sources or best way integrated in the installation disc (eg Office, Gimp, Kino, Evolution).

Otherwise I've the choice to buy me a new licence for Win XPP or to buy updates for my software (if provided) or generally new software. :stop:

But there are two essencial tools for what I can't find a solution. The Garmin MapSource Software and the Dynojet PowerCommander Software. Have anybody here some experience with that or a solution for me?

Thanks

 

[wfooshee]

Hi all
In the last weeks I got very confused about M$ and it's hungry Vista. :grrr: My brandnew laptop (with pre installed Vista) has low performance like it was from 2003 or 2004 and runs XP. I can't access to folders on the NAS or other network sources. It doesn't work or doesn't work propperly with most expencive software I own. The funny about it is, that I buy the new laptop because my old CPU doesn't support a feature that was need by the actual version of Adobe Premiere.

I've tested different flavours of Linux and it was so fast. :yahoo: I've tested Linux on my old machine and it fastens too. :good:

ahhhhm ... I'm NOT an IT specialist!

I download and burn some disc images (*.iso) of Ubuntu in different flavours. There is a linux solution for the most needed functions. Free to download on the package sources or best way integrated in the installation disc (eg Office, Gimp, Kino, Evolution).

Otherwise I've the choice to buy me a new licence for Win XPP or to buy updates for my software (if provided) or generally new software. :stop:

But there are two essencial tools for what I can't find a solution. The Garmin MapSource Software and the Dynojet PowerCommander Software. Have anybody here some experience with that or a solution for me?

Thanks

You got enough memory in that laptop? Vista will run in 512, but it runs better in a gig. Just like XP would run in 256, but runs better in 512.

What chip? "Bargain" chips are teh suck. By those I mean Celeron and the like. You want the real McCoy, Pentium, hopefully dual-core.

What video system is in the laptop. All the whoop-te-doo features of Vista (Aero, etc.) are hungry for graphics power.

I AM an IT guy, and I've only installed one Vista machine I could live with.

And Linux may be great for a performance benchmark, but then what? If you need support, you're gonna want Windows or Mac. Premiere? Forget it, unless you've got a Windows "emulator" at which point you can forget about performance. I'd be astonished if Premiere worked in that, anyway. (But I'm not a Linux geek - tried it a few times and never saw the point, other than free software with lousy support.)

BTW, Dyno-jet's download page says Vista compatible. I haven't run it on Vista, but they say it's OK.

 

[user 10407]

Both programs (Garmin and Dynojet) runs with Vista. I'm looking for a Linux solution.

Machine is a Toshiba Satellite with T5500, 2GB/667, nForce 7600GT/256real, 160GB sATA

pre installed OS is Vista Home Premium, Aero active (but cannot find better performance with classic desktop), 2GB ReadyBoost active (internal SD)

pre installed IS from Symantec

pre installed Toshiba additional SW

Office 2007

System-Index 4,5 (Vista compatibily check), 38 per cent memory taken after systemstart :angry:

Most frusting that many actions restricted. M$ called it security. hahaha Why I get no access to network storage???? Why system shut down for taking unwanted updates when I'm not in front and doesn't save my open documents before? Why I must install Adobe additional SW if I only want an update for the Reader?

Don't want to run Premiere in a box. No need to waste money for that.

(look: Cinderella, Kino, Kdenlive, LiVES, CinePaint ... always GNU/public licence ... some packages as meta for Ubuntu available)

 

[wfooshee]

Both programs (Garmin and Dynojet) runs with Vista. I'm looking for a Linux solution.
Machine is a Toshiba Satellite with T5500, 2GB/667, nForce 7600GT/256real, 160GB sATA

pre installed OS is Vista Home Premium, Aero active (but cannot find better performance with classic desktop), 2GB ReadyBoost active (internal SD)

pre installed IS from Symantec

pre installed Toshiba additional SW

Office 2007

System-Index 4,5 (Vista compatibily check), 38 per cent memory taken after systemstart :angry:

Most frusting that many actions restricted. M$ called it security. hahaha Why I get no access to network storage???? Why system shut down for taking unwanted updates when I'm not in front and doesn't save my open documents before? Why I must install Adobe additional SW if I only want an update for the Reader?

Don't want to run Premiere in a box. No need to waste money for that.

(look: Cinderella, Kino, Kdenlive, LiVES, CinePaint ... always GNU/public licence ... some packages as meta for Ubuntu available)

Yeah, looks like plenty of hardware. Take a look at some of the things Vista is doing and see if you can shut down some processes. I actually can't be much help there, like I said I'm still avoiding Vista (our major application at work is unsupported. Still.) but I'd bet there's a lot of "stuff" going on that doesn't need to be. Kinda vague, I know. Sorry. Don't know of any Linux support for either of your applications.

As for the reader, the only "additional" that happens here is some options, which can be deselected prior to the download. Maybe they're different auf Deutsch. (I've just used almost my entire German vocabulary, so don't think I can communicate with you better in German!!!! :huh: Was once much better: We lived in Germany for almost 3 years in the mid-60s, and at the time I was the Official Interpreter for the family. We lived in Würselen, near Aachen. I can still pronounce Aachen and Köln correctly in German, but so many words are gone now.)

 

[user 10407]

Correct what you tell about the Acrobat Reader ... in the past. I've installed the v7 and it produces many errors on the system. So I want update to v8. First I can unselect the Google-Tollbar. Then I was asked for the Album Starter Edition. I disagree. While starting the download it downloads and want to install the Album. If I break the download or install of Album it also cancel the Reader download and install routine. :wacko: Think this time is M$ innocent, it's a problem of Adobe (because I haven't installed the CS-suite on this machine?).

Ok, I decided to leave the M$ platform. Some days ago I buy a new HDD for the book to leave the original one (with rescue partition) untouched. Ubuntu runs great, the most softwaresolutions I need are available. The only problems are these two programs. I need them mobile. It's not possible to install a minimized Version of Vista. So if I doesn't find a solution for these tools ... what to do? To avoid wasting money and discspace setup a dualboot with an old unused licence of w2k in minimalized installation? Unsure it fits to a modern system.

PS: Garmin support mailed me this minutes they don't support Linux and it's not possible to buy or download any package :thumbsdownsmiley:

 

[bramfrank]

Garmin only supports Windows. Same for the PC3 application.

Vista sucks - then again, that's what we said about XP when it first came out - teething pains, all because Bill needs a new carpet in his lving room and has to churn the software pot. The paranoid security settings don't help - someone will eventually come out with a script to set it all back to something reasonable with a single click.

You can always run VMware under Linux - or better yet, pick up a copy of XP and reinstall - XOP works and (usually) isn;t in your face. The Acrobat issue IS Adobe's. I have backpedalled to Acrobat Professional 6 at home, 7 at the office.

Install a copy of XP on that spare hard drive (do a fresh install with the copy that came with your last computer and leave it at that). Set the machine for 'best performance', turn off the personalised menus and have a good time.