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Ben! I found your post very

Ben! I found your post very helpful, and your comments below it are very informative too, but I wonder where did all the other comments you're reffering to go? I can't see any comment from anyone except yourself. Is it anything wrong with me or have the other comments been deleted?

Michele,

Your English is GREAT!

I wish I could help you but unfortunately there is no solution to your dilemma that I'm aware of. This is a major lack in the otherwise superb Ubuntu. I'm confident that there will be eventually be a solution but it may be a while.

I will let you know if I find anything and I'm sorry I couldn't be more helpful.

Ben

Good suggestion Jamie, but my concern, mentioned above, is that I'm an attorney and have to maintain certain confidentiality standards. I'm not too comfortable with putting my schedule, etc. out into the Internet and would prefer a solution based on my laptop...

Brett: no, I am not unfortunately. This is one of the things that I'm still waiting on. It's only a matter of time until someone fixes this though...

AG, you raise some good points. I agree with you that the populace shouldn't be forced to learn about the registry and DLLs just to get basic computer functionality. The thing that bugs me is when people just want to be able to point and click, never care to learn anything else, and then complain when their limited knowledge doesn't adequately meet their needs. Many of the things that led you to Macs have led me to Linux =)

I agree with you that the mobile field is in limbo but I don't think it's because of poor software IMHO. If one is willing to shell out some cash, there are a ton of great Windows Mobile programs out there. The default stuff that comes with the OS, though, is sorely lacking. I think the real reason for the limbo is that the manufacturers can't really decide if they'd rather increase the power of mobile devices or focus on ease of use, two ends which don't necessarily have to be mutually exclusive, but which sometimes work at cross purposes.

Thanks for your post and stay warm up there in Alaska!

If I remember correctly, it's available in the repos...

Clint, thanks for the comment. I'm visiting family right now and won't be able to test out your suggestion for another week or so. Having said that, I don't recall there being any option to delete a partnership though (even though I know that I have two partnerships because that is the problem!). Whenever I connect my device to my laptop it simply connects without incident (because I've already created a connection with it) I'll report back here after I've been able to test it.

Ubuntu is the best! Good luck getting your T Mobile Wing to sync with it (although I've heard that things are more complicated with WM5 and WM6 as far as syncing goes than they were with WM2003).

Hi Becky,

Better late than never, right?

I need to go back and edit the original post because after initially going back to Windows for a while, I've been consistently using Ubuntu (7.10) for a few months now. I probably boot into Windows once a week.

Everyone is entitled to their preferences and I simply prefer Ubuntu but I don't hate Vista or anything (although it disappointed me in several ways...one of the main one's being the inability to sync problem that you mentioned).

I think I'm at a point now where I can truthfully say that I will never switch back to Windows on a permanent basis. However, having said that, I'm not at the point where I feel comfortable deleting Windows entirely. It still has its uses, and so I'll probably straddle the fence for the foreseeable future.

Thanks for posting.

Ummm...thanks for that very "enlightening" comment...

Smartphone &amp; Pocket PC magazine - Comments for "A New Adventure! Windows Mobile and Ubuntu Linux"

Laptop have becomean

Ben! I found your post very

Smartphone & Pocket PC magazine - Comments for "A New Adventure! Windows Mobile and Ubuntu Linux"