AOPA Flight Planner - Microsoft only?

Andrew Gideon wrote in message agonline.com...
I tried to go to the AOPA Flight Planning web page today, and found that the
only option remaining is to download a Microsoft-only application. This
seems annoying.

indeed. I prefer to use a real computer myself, but there are some simple
solution: commercial solutions like I use myself (running AOPA Flight
Planning under either VMware or VirtualPC -- the former making it possible
to run it from Linux, among other things, the latter from Macintosh); or
another free solution: AOPA Flight Planning works just fine under Wine
(under linux);

just tried it a minute ago (I didn't explore the whole functionality under
Wine yet, but it looks promising); I also tried under knoppix (since I
have a very customized Linux setup, I wanted to be sure the thing would
work under a 'standard' set up easily reproducible by someone else); and
the thing fired up just as advertised.

info about knoppix can be found here (it is a very neat Debian based
distribution of Linux that boots from the CD, i.e., neat for those
who'd like to try what a real OS looks like without having to
install anything on their PC): http://www.knoppix.org/

and info about Wine can be found he
http://sourceforge.net/projects/wine/ (note that Wine seem to work
also under MacOS though I haven't tried it myself);

oh, and to be complete, info about VMware can be found he
http://www.vmware.com/ and VirtualPC here (Connectix having been bought
by Microsoft):
http://www.microsoft.com/mac/product...?pid=virtualpc

hope it helps,

--Sylvain

Sylvain,

I prefer to use a real computer myself, but there are some simple
solution: commercial solutions like I use myself (running AOPA Flight
Planning under either VMware or VirtualPC -- the former making it possible
to run it from Linux, among other things, the latter from Macintosh); or
another free solution: AOPA Flight Planning works just fine under Wine
(under linux);


This made me fall of my seat with laughter: You claim to be using "a real
computer" and then go on to describe how to use the "real computer" to make
it behave like a "non-real computer"???? Jeeze...

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)

Ah, so the only good product is the one that the sheeple buy?


"Thomas Borchert" wrote in message
...
Sylvain,

I prefer to use a real computer myself, but there are some simple
solution: commercial solutions like I use myself (running AOPA Flight
Planning under either VMware or VirtualPC -- the former making it
possible
to run it from Linux, among other things, the latter from Macintosh);
or
another free solution: AOPA Flight Planning works just fine under Wine
(under linux);


This made me fall of my seat with laughter: You claim to be using "a real
computer" and then go on to describe how to use the "real computer" to
make
it behave like a "non-real computer"???? Jeeze...

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)

Peter,

not sure how your post relates in any way to what I said. I don't think
it does. The point is this:

How can you claim that the "real computer" is so superior to Windows
and then go on to describe all the ways you use to make your "real
computer" into a Windows machine. That's ridiculous.

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)

"Sylvain" wrote in message
info about knoppix can be found here (it is a very neat Debian based
distribution of Linux that boots from the CD, i.e., neat for those
who'd like to try what a real OS looks like without having to
install anything on their PC): http://www.knoppix.org/

That is just too cool. Thanks.

--
Jim Fisher

In article , Jim Fisher wrote:
"Sylvain" wrote in message
info about knoppix can be found here (it is a very neat Debian based
distribution of Linux that boots from the CD, i.e., neat for those
who'd like to try what a real OS looks like without having to
install anything on their PC): http://www.knoppix.org/

That is just too cool. Thanks.

Knoppix IS cool.

I've had to duplicate a number of hard disk images. With Knoppix, I can
sysprep the Windows machine, boot with Knoppix, then "dd if=/dev/hda
bs=1K | gzip | nc some-remote-machine" and on the remote machine, netcat
the incoming data to a file. Made my own custom Knoppix boot disks to
write hard disk images to new machines - stick 30 of the buggers on the
network, boot them with Knoppix and they automatically run the script
that images the new machine from the file on the server. Great way to
deploy new machines - an inexpensive disk duplicating factory for your
organization.

--
Dylan Smith, Castletown, Isle of Man
Flying: http://www.dylansmith.net
Frontier Elite Universe: http://www.alioth.net
"Maintain thine airspeed, lest the ground come up and smite thee"

"Sylvain" wrote in message
eat for those
who'd like to try what a real OS looks like without having to
install anything on their PC): http://www.knoppix.org/


To hasty in my thanks. It seems all the mirrors are broken at the moment.
;(

--
Jim Fisher