I know there might be a couple of us out there that use Linux based operating systems, so I thought I'd throw this out there for anyone who might need it. I got a new Garmin 205 for Christmas, and as a Linux user (Ubuntu) I naturally was unable to connect my Garmin to my computer. Never fear, however. After a couple of hours of head scratching and researching and trying different things (stuff that REAL computer geeks like Sasha or Paul could do in their head in 10 seconds) I found a solution. It's a program called Turtle Sport, and although I haven't yet used it a whole lot I was able to get my Garmin to integrate very well using it. I still have a couple of cosmetic things to finish figuring out (like putting a launcher in my dock and stuff like that), but the program works well. It will project your runs (it calls them Races--English obviously wasn't the native tongue of the developer) onto Google Earth or Google Maps and the whole nine yards. So far it looks pretty impressive. The website is:
http://turtlesport.sourceforge.net/EN/home.html. It is, of course, free. This forum thread will also be useful:
http://www.copperfish.net/wordpress/2009/05/garmin-forerunner-205-in-ubuntu-jaunty/ You can also see my very n00b comments there and laugh at me. Turns out all I had to do was restart and try it again.
Anyway, just thought I'd post that for the 1% of us on the blog who might be Linux users. Enjoy.
