On Sun, 22 Aug 2004 00:45:30 -0400, Ed Sutherland wrote: > I'm one of those persons switching from a major desktop (OS X) to Linux > (the PPC version of Debian's distro.) I want something like Filemaker Pro. > I know there is MySQL, but frankly, the difficulty level makes me want to > just run and hide in a corner. :) Is there a simple alternative? Thanks. > Rekall, GPL GUI frontend to xbase, MySQL, PostgreSQL (and some commercial drivers also). xbase/xbsql is good for lightweight db- it has limited functionality compared to mysql or postgre, but advantage is it isn't client/server (Rekall opens the dbf directly), so is simpler to use.
http://www.totalrekall.co.uk/index.php unfortunately, Debian isn't supported for the $pre-built binaries ;-( get source and build it yourself: http://www.rekallrevealed.org/ I've built for Mandrake and Debian (sarge) , using checkinstall to do final packaging of rpms and debs; I'm not claiming I actually did them *right* <g>, but they seem to work- point being, I'm a hack, so I figure anyone has a good shot at success... pre-built debs (unofficial): http://www.edgar.org.uk/debian/packages/ I've also heard there's work on official debs, possibly available in sid? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
