Re: [OSM-talk] Navit on the Asus EeePC with Debian Testing
niccolo wrote: just a note to say that Navit [1] is working well on my Asus EeePC. I do not use the preinstalled Xandros Linux OS, but a wonderful Debian GNU/Linux Testing (Lenny). in the same vein -- RoadMap [2] is working well on both the EeePC and the XO (OLPC) laptop. i'll be putting the sugar Activity for RoadMap on the XO up on the OLPC wiki soon, but if you're not running sugar, then RoadMap builds and works out of the box. (i've had some motivation, since i'm planning on taking the XO on a vacation to southern england next week. paul [1] http://navit.sourceforge.net/ [2] http://roadmap.sourceforge.net/ (you'll want to get source from CVS for OSM support, and for some of the features that make it run well on the XO and eeepc.) =- paul fox, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (arlington, ma, where it's 33.6 degrees) ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk
Re: [OSM-talk] Navit on the Asus EeePC with Debian Testing
On Fri, Apr 04, 2008 at 08:37:25AM +0300, Nick Black wrote: Sounds cool - I'm hanging on for the 8.9inch touchscreen version :-) It seems that the touchscreen will not be present in the coming model. Why did you go for Debian Testing rather than the standard Xandros? Because Xandros is a rather ambiguous distro; there is not a free official repository, several Xandros packages does not have a clear license. Moreover Asus used a customized Xandros so if you want to install some more packages you are forced to relay on a mix of unofficial Xandros repositories, Debian Etch (rather old packages), and others. -- Niccolo Rigacci Firenze - Italy ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk
Re: [OSM-talk] Navit on the Asus EeePC with Debian Testing
Niccolo wrote: It seems that the touchscreen will not be present in the coming model. And it will also be about 50% more expensive and probably have an inferior battery life. Consider it a different product, not a successor. Off topic I know, but I presume the upcoming Firefox 3, with its page scaling, will make web browsing on an 800 pixel-wide screen a lot less painful. __ Sent from Yahoo! Mail. A Smarter Inbox http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk
Re: [OSM-talk] Navit on the Asus EeePC with Debian Testing
On Fri, Apr 4, 2008 at 5:40 AM, Matthew [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Off topic I know, but I presume the upcoming Firefox 3, with its page scaling, will make web browsing on an 800 pixel-wide screen a lot less painful. Unfortunately the official Firefox builds won't run on Gtk 2.8, so you may be out of luck there. :-/ (There's a patch to disable the new print dialog, which is what requires GTK 2.10, here: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=418885 ) -Ted ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk
Re: [OSM-talk] Navit on the Asus EeePC with Debian Testing
On Fri, Apr 4, 2008 at 10:22 AM, Niccolo Rigacci [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, Apr 04, 2008 at 08:37:25AM +0300, Nick Black wrote: Sounds cool - I'm hanging on for the 8.9inch touchscreen version :-) It seems that the touchscreen will not be present in the coming model. Really? I've read a few articles suggesting that it will have a touchscreen - here's a couple off the top of my head. http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20080324PD209.html http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/19/eee-pc-gets-modded-with-a-touchscreen/ Why did you go for Debian Testing rather than the standard Xandros? Because Xandros is a rather ambiguous distro; there is not a free official repository, several Xandros packages does not have a clear license. Moreover Asus used a customized Xandros so if you want to install some more packages you are forced to relay on a mix of unofficial Xandros repositories, Debian Etch (rather old packages), and others. -- Niccolo Rigacci Firenze - Italy -- Nick Black http://www.blacksworld.net ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk
[OSM-talk] Navit on the Asus EeePC with Debian Testing
Hi, just a note to say that Navit [1] is working well on my Asus EeePC. I do not use the preinstalled Xandros Linux OS, but a wonderful Debian GNU/Linux Testing (Lenny). First impressions and two screenshoots here: http://www.rigacci.org/wiki/doku.php/doc/appunti/hardware/eeepc_navit [1] http://navit.sourceforge.net/ -- Niccolo Rigacci Firenze - Italy ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk
Re: [OSM-talk] Navit on the Asus EeePC with Debian Testing
Niccolo, Sounds cool - I'm hanging on for the 8.9inch touchscreen version :-) On Fri, Apr 4, 2008 at 1:05 AM, Niccolo Rigacci [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, just a note to say that Navit [1] is working well on my Asus EeePC. I do not use the preinstalled Xandros Linux OS, but a wonderful Debian GNU/Linux Testing (Lenny). Why did you go for Debian Testing rather than the standard Xandros? Cheers, First impressions and two screenshoots here: http://www.rigacci.org/wiki/doku.php/doc/appunti/hardware/eeepc_navit [1] http://navit.sourceforge.net/ -- Niccolo Rigacci Firenze - Italy ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk -- Nick Black http://www.blacksworld.net ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk
