Hi all, as holiday season approaches rapidly, it get reminded to get my navigator-maps up-2-date. googling i noticed that tomtom has a "stange relationship" with opensource community, eventhough they use the code internally, when needing to update, you need a M$ or a fruitcake-machine. I also found that people where unsuccessful using the update-tool under wine. Like many other people, i'm rather ahppy with the TT-device, and i have absolutely no objections for paying map-updates, but refuse to buy&install windows in order to install latest maps. Any guru around that have a working solution? It seems they (TT) published they code (due to GPL) on http://www.tomtom.com/en_gb/gpl/ Hans. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
Le 07/07/2014 14:39, Hans Witvliet a écrit :
absolutely no objections for paying map-updates,
I have, most updates being free nowaday! but refuse to
buy&install windows in order to install latest maps.
but I have the same concern :-)
Any guru around that have a working solution? It seems they (TT) published they code (due to GPL) on http://www.tomtom.com/en_gb/gpl/
no idea jdd -- http://www.dodin.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 07/07/14 22:39, Hans Witvliet wrote:
Hi all,
as holiday season approaches rapidly, it get reminded to get my navigator-maps up-2-date.
googling i noticed that tomtom has a "stange relationship" with opensource community, eventhough they use the code internally, when needing to update, you need a M$ or a fruitcake-machine.
I also found that people where unsuccessful using the update-tool under wine.
Like many other people, i'm rather ahppy with the TT-device, and i have absolutely no objections for paying map-updates, but refuse to buy&install windows in order to install latest maps.
Any guru around that have a working solution? It seems they (TT) published they code (due to GPL) on http://www.tomtom.com/en_gb/gpl/
Hans.
The only "solution" I can offer is: Do you have a neighbour who uses Windows and ask him/her if you could it to update the maps? Or, how about a friendly shopkeeper in your local shopping centre? Almost all of them use Windows for their cash registers and they all have broadband - so ask one of them? (Or, if you are game enough :-) , go into a computer shop and pretend to look at the various computers for sale :-) . Now that you have got me wound up, your local library will have Windows running computers; and you also have the choice of using one of those Internet Cafes...) BC -- Using openSUSE 13.1, KDE 4.13.2 & kernel 3.15.3-1 on a system with- AMD FX 8-core 3.6/4.2GHz processor 16GB PC14900/1866MHz Quad Channel RAM Gigabyte AMD3+ m/board; Gigabyte nVidia GTX660 GPU -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
Le 07/07/2014 15:15, Basil Chupin a écrit :
choice of using one of those Internet Cafes...)
not practical, update takes forever ;-( For me I always have somewhere a windows computer, but it's a shame... jdd -- http://www.dodin.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 07/07/14 23:22, jdd wrote:
Le 07/07/2014 15:15, Basil Chupin a �crit :
choice of using one of those Internet Cafes...)
not practical, update takes forever ;-(
Before I recently bought cars with Navigation systems (GPS) already built-in I had (still have) a GARMIN unit. Updating the maps only takes a very short time (~10 minutes) - and I don't have the speed of the broadband available at the Internet Cafes.
For me I always have somewhere a windows computer, but it's a shame...
jdd
BC -- Using openSUSE 13.1, KDE 4.13.2 & kernel 3.15.3-1 on a system with- AMD FX 8-core 3.6/4.2GHz processor 16GB PC14900/1866MHz Quad Channel RAM Gigabyte AMD3+ m/board; Gigabyte nVidia GTX660 GPU -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
Le 07/07/2014 16:42, Basil Chupin a écrit :
Before I recently bought cars with Navigation systems (GPS) already built-in I had (still have) a GARMIN unit. Updating the maps only takes a very short time (~10 minutes) - and I don't have the speed of the broadband available at the Internet Cafes.
my tomtom took 5 hours for 2Gb dl :-( jdd -- http://www.dodin.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 08/07/14 00:56, jdd wrote:
Le 07/07/2014 16:42, Basil Chupin a �crit :
Before I recently bought cars with Navigation systems (GPS) already built-in I had (still have) a GARMIN unit. Updating the maps only takes a very short time (~10 minutes) - and I don't have the speed of the broadband available at the Internet Cafes.
my tomtom took 5 hours for 2Gb dl :-(
Well, the max speed on ADSL2+ that I can obtain from being some 5km away from the telephone exchange is ~490KB/sec - and it takes me ~3 1/4 hours to download the openSUSE DVD (4.3GB). So, if it takes you 5 hours to download 2GB of update for your TomTom then you should definitely go and find an Internet Cafe - or a local library :-) . BC -- Using openSUSE 13.1, KDE 4.13.2 & kernel 3.15.3-1 on a system with- AMD FX 8-core 3.6/4.2GHz processor 16GB PC14900/1866MHz Quad Channel RAM Gigabyte AMD3+ m/board; Gigabyte nVidia GTX660 GPU -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
Le 07/07/2014 17:06, Basil Chupin a écrit :
So, if it takes you 5 hours to download 2GB of update for your TomTom then you should definitely go and find an Internet Cafe - or a local library :-) .
BC
it's not the link, but the tomtom software that seems to dl by 512 byte unit :-( and there is no choice than to use this soft :-( jdd (well, I changed GPS brand :-() -- http://www.dodin.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
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