| > 1) sounds definitely like a permission problem. Is your user member of the dialout group? 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. |