Oh yes that is true. I removed Open Office because of the 
sheer size of the updates. The problem is that I am experimenting
with Linux so I tend to install more things than I should. However
it seems to me that it is better to install more because of the 
dependency problem. 

Linux PIC development on Debian seems to be more difficult 
than Redhat based system since most of the Linux PIC guys
are running Redhat/Fedora system.

Anyway after getting gpsim/gputils/sdcc/PICkit1/Wisp628 working 
on my Ubuntu/FC4, now I do have a working environment on Linux.
Take note that my Linux PIC experiment started only this May
and I am not a very experienced Linux user. 

I also managed to get C18/C30/MPASM/MPASM30 working
under Linux with Wine. BTW, it seems to me I need to write 
something up on this issue because quite some people still 
ask me how to do it (even those running MacOS X) even though 
I have stopped testing Wine.

I am looking forward to test your PICkit 2 application so
that I have one more tools working on Linux. ICD2 is the last
one I really want to get work under Linux (but it is difficult
since Microchip has not release the on-chip debug specification
and the ICD2 communication protocol/API). I have PICDEM FS USB
and it already works under Linux thanks to Rick Luddy's fsusb
application. Libusb is great stuff! Hopefully there are something
like "lib-serial" and "lib-parallel" (cross platform serial and parallel
library). 

Regards,
Xiaofan


-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Rages 
Sent: Monday, September 05, 2005 9:05 AM
To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public.
Subject: Re: [EE] Technology Adoption Lag (now: linux flames!)

Remember, Windows is only an operating system.  Ubuntu is updating
both the OS and most of your applications.

...

( By the way, Xiaofan, I got "Four bytes at once" mode working with
the Pickit 2.  It programs a 3700 word program into a 16F688 in less
than 5 seconds... Just have to get the EEPROM working and I'll make a
release.)

Regards,
Mark
markrages@gmail

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