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On Wednesday 10 January 2007 20:24, George Parker wrote: > Software I forgot and didn't get a mention is Family History apps. I am > trying Gramps, which seems to be the only kid on the block, and quite > enjoying it. It has come a long way in a couple of years. Much simpler > than The Master Genealogist but that may not be a bad thing. I'm not a > professional genealogist and you can spend too much time playing with app > and not the data, and TMG aren't interested in open source. I too am a genealogy fan! I use Gramps to create my tree - have done for a fair old while now and find it a great little program. The developer, Don, is very approachable if you ever have any problems. > > And the one big thing that is still stopping me switching off my XP install > is that I can't get Desktop Sudoku running in Linux. It's for my wife you > understand, not me. She is addicted. This was why I tried Wine which I > have got working with some things. But Desktop Sudoku has a space in the > name which you can get around manually but I think the install programme > puts in the space and screws up Wine. And I can't find a replacement > programme as good. Anybody looking for a project?... > Do you mean actually running the command eg wine Desktop Sudoku or whatever? Try wine Desktop\ Sudoku instead. From the command line, using the character \ before a space works. > So back to Mepis to get it working to actually do some work rather than > this quite addictive distro hopping. Although you do learn from it, if > only you can remember what you learn. > > BTW, I find the online magazine TUX great for my level of experience, very > desktop orientated. > > See you all at the get together tomorrow > > George Sadly, it is a bit far for me - but enjoy :) Mark > -- > The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG > http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list > FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html > > > Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html