THURSTON ACKERMAN wrote in a message to TOM WALKER:

TW>TA>Thanks Tom. I tried one at MCI awhile back but it wouldn't load
TW>TA>a copy of Legacy genealogy software I use, so I also passed for
TW>TA>now. Guess I will try to rescue my OEM XP HD that got bombed when
TW>TA>I attempted to install SuSE 9.2 instead of the 9.0 I was useing.

TW> I wpould NOT have expected it to load ANY windows program myslef. What
TW> lead you to believe it would run Legacy??
TW>Incidently the LINUX world does have it's own Genealogy program.

TA> I have tried GRAMPS and found it less satisfactory than Legacy
TA> and/or my old MS-DOS Family History System by Phil Brown, that is
TA> my main genealogy data base (that Brown has decided to not upgrade
TA> to today's Windows O/Ss unfortunately 8-(

TA> I wonder what genealogy program you find most useful to you? 

I don't use one here,  but for that sort of thing (any application, 
really),  it's a good idea to check back from time to time.  Things tend to
change awfully fast in linux software.  The freshmeat site is a good
example of this, and if there's some programs in particular you're
interested in hearing about you can get the site to email you when new
versions come out.

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