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[matt at mattjones.me.uk]

There is some genealogy software available, gramps is in the ubuntu  
repositories, but I have no idea how good it is.

Mj


Quoting Broomster <broomster at gmail.com>:

> Hi Gang,
>
>>  i found broomster asking for linux books on freecycle..
>
> Indeed George did find me on freecycle, and gave me a gentle push in
> this direction :-)
>
> I had been looking at moving across to Linux for some time, though
> figured it too much hassle.. I then made the mistake of *upgrading*
> Windows XP to Windows Vista.. Was a very backwards move.. Had no end
> of trouble, including the dreaded activation problems.. I looked
> around and saw Ubuntu regulary cited as being the best for newcomers
> to Linux, and as such downloaded an iso of 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon and
> that's were I am now :-)
>
> Still got Vista installed (for the moment - though it's taking up too
> much space lol) - I'm gradually shifting files etc across..
>
> I've had a look at various lists of linux apps that replace windows
> apps.. I've got the majority of what I need already.. There's a couple
> of things that are windows only - though I've managed to get them up
> and running with Wine ;-)
>
> I'm very interested in geneology (family tree!) software - so if
> anyone knows of anything I could try out? I currently use genopro
> (which is a windows app) but got it working thru Wine which is
> handy...
>
> As much as using the gui on ubuntu is nice, i want to get to grips
> with the terminal windows and how things work through that.. Having
> used pc's since the year dot, I'm not afraid of trying the ins and
> outs of the system - back in Windows 3.1 days - I much preferred using
> dos to get things done :-)
>
> I like experimenting - trying out new ways of doing things, just for
> the sheer hell of it :-)
>
> At the mo, I've got flock setup as my browser (prefer it over
> firefox).. I'm looking to see if Nokia Datasuite will run through Wine
> now.. Fingers crossed!
>
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