On 22/07/09 21:02, Lucy wrote: > My Dad has a computer running Xubuntu, shortly to be replaced by a > slightly newer machine running Ubuntu 9.04. About 18 months ago he > bought a TomTom One and would like to be able to update it using the > TomTom Home Client. Now I know this is Windows only (despite being > written using the Mozilla framework!) and has no chance of working > under Wine. I'm guessing that the only option for getting it working > would be VirtualBox?
Yes, VB is the only option that works for TomTom Home, IME. You'll need the binary version (non-open-source) from the VirtualBox website so that the VM can access the USB devices on the system. > Finally, can someone with a TomTom say what, if anything, he is > missing out on by not using the TomTom Home client? The documentation > is terrible and I think I read somewhere that there was a time limit > on the supposed 'freebies'? I'd ask TomTom directly but I'd need to > sign up to their site first, which I'm loathed to do.. > I used it a couple of times when I set the thing up but never since. It is useful for updating the maps every once in a while... but that said I've never actually noticed any difference in the maps after an update (I guess my part of the world is just well mapped). -- Graham Binns | PGP Key: EC66FA7D
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