[Gvsig_english] gvSIG and a Samsung N130 NetBook

[Anna Hodgkinson]

Dear Sal,

I have been succesfully running gvSIG on a netbook for over a year now and can recommend it. I have an Advent 4211c (MSI Wind) and the specs you listed below are the same on my netbook. 

The gvSIG OAD 2010 Edition works fine, if a bit slow, but this edition is generally slower than 1.1.2 just is. 

I have, however, had a couple of issues running the 2010 edition on a netbook with the small screen (and these problems do not exist with gvSIG 1.1.2): 
The properties box of any layer in the TOC is too large for the window. Labels cannot be activated and other properties cannot be changed this way, as it is simply not possible to reach the "Apply" and "Okay"/"Accept" buttons. This sounds stupid, but is true. Not even holding "Alt" whilst trying to shift the properties window works - it just moves the main window.
Changing of layer symbology is therefore best done through double-clicking the layer's sybol in the TOC. This problem also exists on Ubuntu.
The same issue occurs when in the map/printing menu - the properties box for some items, such as frames/boxes is too large, which is a nuissance. 

My way around the problem was to connect an external (largish) monitor and change the screen resolution. This - however - did not work in Ubuntu and should - if you're travelling - not be your only workaround!

All the analysis tools and Sextante, however, work fine, and I can, despite these screensize issues, recomment gvSIG OAD 2010 for netbooks!

Hope that helped!

All the best,

Anna


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Anna Kathrin Hodgkinson MA MSt (Oxon) AIFA EES
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Oxford Archaeology: Exploring the Human Journey
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Sal Garfi" <sal.garfi at btinternet.com>
To: "Users and Developers mailing list" <gvsig_internacional at listserv.gva.es>
Sent: Monday, 24 May, 2010 20:06:56 GMT +00:00 GMT Britain, Ireland, Portugal
Subject: [Gvsig_english] gvSIG and a Samsung N130 NetBook

Dear All,

Can any of you tell me if gvSIG 1.9 - or more particularly the Oxford 
Archaeology 2010 edition, beta2 - can run easily on a Samsung N130 netbook, 
with 1gb ram and Windows XP Home edition. I'm keen to get a netbook and the 
size, and price, of the Samsung is just right - I'll be doing a lot of 
travelling in the next year.

Regards to all,

Sal Garfi 

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