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I won't address everything, just a few tips: 1) sounds definitely like a permission problem. Is your user member of the dialout group? If not, add it there, re-login and try again. You should not be forced to use the root user. 2) Exchange is a problem. There are several solutions, none of them is all that great: a) use Evolution, b) use Thunderbird with the proprietary plugin, c) use a proxy like davmail (davmail.sf.net). 3) There is Earth Pro for Linux too, it just isn't advertised. After installing the regular Earth, it will install also a repo for updates. Check what else is there in the repo - in the .rpm repo, there is the pro version. It has some bugs though - every time I try to use GPS tracing, it crashes. 5) Most distribution have a utility to make a boot drive. There are also other ways. If you intend to boot via UEFI, there's no need for special utilities to make the USB key. Just copy the iso content to the USB stick, on FAT{16,32}-formatted partition. If the UEFI bootloader can find the EFI directory in the root and it's content, it will boot fine. This will not work for some windows editions, thought. For example, Windows 2012R2 has install.wim larger than 4 GB, so it won't fit on a FAT filesystem. 6) Do not fight the NetworkManager with ifconfig. If you want to use NetworkManager (and you want, if you use wifi, wwan, etc), change the IPs with nmcli. It's command line interface to the NM, so it will take note of this change and it won't cause difference between what the config files say and what is the reality on the interfaces. |
Probably not. Will check -- I haven't changed any group memberships, so if it isn't by default, then it isn't.
> 2) Exchange is a problem...b) use Thunderbird with the proprietary plugin
Thunderbird with Exquilla is what I tried, but it just didn't quite do it for me -- the friction to use was greater than adapting to OWA.
> 3) There is Earth Pro for Linux too, it just isn't advertised.
Really?! I have to figure this out then! 3D buildings and drawing 3D paths to check LOS is my primary usage, so a GPS trace bug won't bother me too much.
> 5) Most distribution have a utility to make a boot drive.
I found the Ubuntu utility to make an Ubuntu bootable disk, but it wouldn't work on anything but an Ubuntu ISO.
> 6) Do not fight the NetworkManager with ifconfig. If you want to use NetworkManager (and you want, if you use wifi, wwan, etc), change the IPs with nmcli.
Thanks for the tip -- I'll learn nmcli and give it a shot, sounds like exactly what I need.