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2011-01-26
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Quick reply...
http://www.hpsblog.com/2009/07/direc...0-without.html
http://www.hpsblog.com/2009/07/direc...0-without.html
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2011-01-26
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just use an OS emulator like VMware Workstation. You'd need OS image as well, which I could tell you haw to get in PM
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2011-01-26
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Originally Posted by Wikiwide
Thanks!
Quick reply...
http://www.hpsblog.com/2009/07/direc...0-without.html
Originally Posted by Swirnoff
I know that option. But I don't want to install a proprietary software (ok, I could use qemu too) to emulate a proprietary OS just to download a simple zip file.
just use an OS emulator like VMware Workstation. You'd need OS image as well, which I could tell you haw to get in PM
There are good reasons for proprietary software in some cases, but this is not one of them. Therefore simple archive downloads shouldn't be masked by a proprietary wrapper.
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2011-01-26
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Originally Posted by sulu
Virtualbox does the trick as well, and is mostly open source (although owned by EVIL ORACLE)
But I don't want to install a proprietary software
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2011-01-26
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Originally Posted by petur
I know. I use the OSE version for some applications. But for the ovi maps downloader I'd still need to get a Windows image from somewhere and break the EULA just to download a zip file.
Virtualbox does the trick as well, and is mostly open source (although owned by EVIL ORACLE)
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2011-01-26
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Originally Posted by sulu
Just use wine, it's fully open source and it runs windows applications like you would use a native application of your OS.
I know. I use the OSE version for some applications. But for the ovi maps downloader I'd still need to get a Windows image from somewhere and break the EULA just to download a zip file.
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2011-01-26
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Originally Posted by MiK546
Yes I know.
Just use wine, it's fully open source and it runs windows applications like you would use a native application of your OS.
But the initial problem stays the same: You need to jump through proprietary hoops (the Windows binary) just to get a simple zip archive. There is simply no good reason to download a file this way.
I don't like wine. From a technical point of view it's a great project and I hold the developers in high esteem, but the reasons that make it necessary are symptoms of a twisted software ecosystem that I don't want to support. (I know this may sound weird to some people.)
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2011-01-26
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I do not quite get it!
Just follow the links from this entry on and download the files you need!
Just follow the links from this entry on and download the files you need!
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2011-01-26
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Originally Posted by sulu
Well, if you want to do it the hard way the maps can be downloaded as a .zip from here: http://www.hpsblog.com/2009/07/direc...0-without.html
Yes I know.
But the initial problem stays the same: You need to jump through proprietary hoops (the Windows binary) just to get a simple zip archive. There is simply no good reason to download a file this way.
I don't like wine. From a technical point of view it's a great project and I hold the developers in high esteem, but the reasons that make it necessary are symptoms of a twisted software ecosystem that I don't want to support. (I know this may sound weird to some people.)
can somebody please tell me where I can actually download maps for ovi maps? I'd be interested in the whole Europe set.
Yes, I know this link [1] and that thread [2] and some others too, but they all don't seem to provide an actual map download, just a Windows downloader executable which is useless to me since I have no Windows.
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Strange! The 2.0 maps download at [1] works for me, but the 3.x download redirects me to [3]. Do I get that right that I need the 3.x maps or that they are at least of better quality? If so, how do I get them?
[1] http://nokiamaps.site666.info/
[2] http://maemo.org/community/maemo-use...n_n900_how_to/
[3] http://europe.nokia.com/apps-maps-and-more
Last edited by sulu; 2011-01-26 at 10:21.