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GPS and Linux: A match made in heaven!

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LinuxForums; By jeremy
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Whether you're wardriving, vacationing or building a Car PC, a Global Positioning System is a handy tool. Interacting with your GPS via your PC makes for an even better GPS experience. As a Linux user, GPS/PC integration can be somewhat sketchy. Vendors don't write software and drivers for Linux; it's probably safe to assume that the good folks over at Garmin would say something along the lines of "Lih-what?". Have no fear! Using your GPS with Linux isn't impossible! Check out this review over at LinuxForumsDOTorg of two fairly robust GPS navigation programs for Linux.

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I have both of the programs installed mentioned in the article but for me GpsDrive is an outstanding program. Thanks Fritz! I've been using it for a couple of years now and love it.

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