<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br><div><div>On 02 Feb 2008, at 17:54:06, Gary B wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div lang="EN-US" vlink="purple" link="blue" bgcolor="#ffffff"><div><font face="Script" size="5">Weather Display isn't free ($79.00) but there is a version for Linux and I can't say enough about what great software this is.</font></div></div></span></blockquote><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Another possibility is wview. It is released in source code under the Linux GPL.</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>I might have selected Weather Display but it doesn't support PowerPC-based Apple systems such as my PowerMac G5. I couldn't justify spending $2800.00+tax to replace my existing system to run a $79.00 software package.</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>I found wview 3.4.1 that runs under Linux or Unix (Mac OS X is a BSD-based Unix). The only catch is that you have to download all the required components in addition to wview. I presume that Ubuntu provides all the software development tools that would be needed to make this a viable option.</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Merton Campbell Crockett</div><br><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div lang="EN-US" vlink="purple" link="blue" bgcolor="#ffffff"><blockquote style="padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 5px; margin-left: 5px; border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-width: 2px; border-left-style: solid; margin-right: 0px; "><div style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal arial; ">----- Original Message -----</div><div style="background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: rgb(228, 228, 228); font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal arial; background-position: initial initial; "><b>From:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a title="mark@markwyman.com" href="mailto:mark@markwyman.com" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">Mark Wyman</a></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal arial; "><b>To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a title="wxqc@lists.gladstonefamily.net" href="mailto:wxqc@lists.gladstonefamily.net" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">'Discussion of weather data quality issues'</a></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal arial; "><b>Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Saturday, February 02, 2008 9:49 PM</div><div style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal arial; "><b>Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>[wxqc] Unbuntu, replacement for WeatherLink</div><div><br></div><div class="Section1"><div style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Hi All,<o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Started making the switch to Unbuntu (50/50 with Windows) and I would like to continue to upload data while in a Ubuntu session. What (hopefully) free software is recommended for this purpose? If not free, what other tools are available?<o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; "><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div><div style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Thanks.<o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; "><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div><div style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">-Mark<o:p></o:p></span></font></div></div><br><p><font size="2">No virus found in this outgoing message.<br>Checked by AVG Free Edition.<br>Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.19.18/1255 - Release Date: 2/1/2008 9:59 AM<br></font></p><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><hr><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div>_______________________________________________<br>wxqc mailing list<br>Post messages to<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:wxqc@lists.gladstonefamily.net" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">wxqc@lists.gladstonefamily.net</a><br>To unsubcribe or change delivery options, please go to:<br><a href="http://server.gladstonefamily.net/mailman/listinfo/wxqc" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">http://server.gladstonefamily.net/mailman/listinfo/wxqc</a><br><br>The contents of this message are the responsibility of the author.</blockquote>_______________________________________________<br>wxqc mailing list<br>Post messages to<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:wxqc@lists.gladstonefamily.net" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">wxqc@lists.gladstonefamily.net</a><br>To unsubcribe or change delivery options, please go to:<br><a href="http://server.gladstonefamily.net/mailman/listinfo/wxqc" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">http://server.gladstonefamily.net/mailman/listinfo/wxqc</a><br><br>The contents of this message are the responsibility of the author.</div></span></blockquote></div><br><div apple-content-edited="true"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><div>Merton Campbell Crockett</div><div><a href="mailto:m.c.crockett@roadrunner.com">m.c.crockett@roadrunner.com</a></div><div><br class="khtml-block-placeholder"></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></span></div></span> </div><br></body></html>