Re: Ecco Pro on Ubuntu 13.04

On 10/22/2013 09:39 PM, [email protected] wrote:

> I have Ecco Pro 32 bit running on an old Dell Laptop with Ubuntu 13.04 
> and have one issue. When I go to my Calendar or Phonebook view the 
> screen initially appears just fine. When I move the cursor around the 
> screen, the screen starts to lose its original look and begins to 
> become unreadable. If i switch to a notebook and then return back, the 
> screen is fine.
>
> When I start to move the cursor within the Calendar or Phonebook, I'm 
> back to the same place as I described above. Anyone else have this 
> issue? All other functionality appears to be working.

Since I stopped using Ubuntu (and it's derivitives) years ago I can't 
help you with the problem you describe, but I can say that Ecco is 
running just fine on the recent version of 64 bit Sparky Linux (a Debian 
Derivative) with the Mate desktop, on a Lenovo ThinkPad W520, including 
KatMouse.

Ubuntu itself is a Debian derivative but unlike Debian (and Sparky), it 
is not a rolling distribution and it is therefore necessary o reinstall 
it periodically.

I had a problem getting Wine running (although it was already installed) 
due to my version being 64 bits but after mentioning the problem in the 
Sparky forum the developer provided me with the missing code (which 
corrected the problem) and promised to include it in the next release.

> I installed the software via Wine 1.4. I did not do a copy of my 
> Windows Ecco Pro directory to my Wine directory as someone else has done.
>
> Any thoughts on what might be going on here would be appreciated.
>
> Wil Ussery.

My system is dual booting with Win7 Pro 64 bit and my Ecco data file is 
located on an NTFS partition so I can use the same file regardless of 
which operating system I'm using.  Also, I installed the Ecco 
application to a different NTFS partition (I have always used separate 
partitions for OS's, Apps and Data).

There are a number of Debian Derivatives out there with good, free 
support, like ZevenOS/Neptune, KWheezy (both KDE), Point Linux and LMDE 
(Linux Mint Debian Edition).

I use  OpenSuse on another computer and that too runs Ecco with no 
problems, but OpenSuse is not a rolling edition (except for Tanglewood).

Manjaro is an Arch based rolling distribution and if you can get it to 
run on your Dell, it's a very good option.  I installed Ecco on it via 
Crossover but have had problems getting it to boot (it is still in beta).

SolusOS 1.x was based on Debian but v. 2 is about to be released as an 
independent distribution.  (Solus was my main OS for some time and was 
very reliable).

Distrowatch.com provides timely information on a large number of Linux 
and BSD distributions as well as a few others (i.e. openSolaris) and I 
check it regularly, for new options to try out.

There are few reasons to run Windows anymore and I rarely do so.

Douglas Hinds
Long-time Ecco user and opponent of Microsoft and all that it stands for