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[Julian Robbins]

Broomster wrote:
> 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 :-)
>   
Hi Mike

Another place worth trying is sourceforge.net, or freshmeat.org

Both are repositories of 1000's of open source applications.

Both a bit unwieldy to get started with, but a huge amount better than 
they used to be.

I think there was a review of Gramps in Linux Format, a while back, so 
you may want to check their website archives for a review to see how it 
measures up. From what I can remember, its supposed to be pretty good.

Julian

> 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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