| |||||||||||||
Free is too expensive (Economist)Free is too expensive (Economist)Posted Apr 2, 2012 22:06 UTC (Mon) by Del- (guest, #72641)In reply to: Free is too expensive (Economist) by Cyberax Parent article: Free is too expensive (Economist)
I had a look at openstreetmap and accidentally found a navigation application. It was of course conveniently available in Debian and Ubuntu repos too. Check out gpsdrive. I have no idea how good it is, but without relevant devices, even navigation is already in place on Debian. I think it is time you eat some of your own words.
(Log in to post comments)
Free is too expensive (Economist) Posted Apr 2, 2012 22:31 UTC (Mon) by Cyberax (✭ supporter ✭, #52523) [Link]
Yup. That's EXACTLY why Linux is failing.
I might use a free program for the sake of freeness, but normal users would cry and run away in horror from something like gpsdrive. Have you actually checked it? It can't do even a quarter of what a good navigation system should be able to do.
But let's go further. Why would something like gpsdrive need full Debian package management system?
Free is too expensive (Economist) Posted Apr 3, 2012 8:13 UTC (Tue) by bronson (subscriber, #4806) [Link]
You might want to actually try using gpsdrive before presenting it as an example of a good software experience. (oh, the memories...) While they had a release in 2010, I don't think much has changed since 2004. It was certainly best-in-class in 2004!
The best OSM navigation tool I've found is called OSMAnd but it's still quite painful. Terrible address/city lookup, poor route selection (sometimes abysmal), difficult UI. I wish I could rely upon it but I just can't. I'm using Google Maps all the time.
For the past decade (since Bruce Perens was working with the Tiger data in 1999?), the year of solid Linux/OSM navigation has seemed pretty close. Just like the year of the Linux desktop, it's only a couple of years out! Too bad it seems to be constant time to completion.
|
|||||||||||||