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[Broomster]

Hi Matt,

Thanks for the suggestion, I'll go and investigate :-)

Luckily genealogy programs have a standard for exporting their data
(gedcom) so I shouldn't have any problems moving stuff across to it..
Tho having said that, I managed to get my windows app working using
wine.. - but that defeats the object lol.. native apps all the way :-)

Will check it out shortly... Cheers!

Mike.


On 13/04/2008, matt at mattjones.me.uk <matt at mattjones.me.uk> wrote:
> 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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