Activsoftware development for Linux?

[DavidFhu]

Hi,

I wonder will Promethean develop Activsoftware for Lniux?

Of course, I understand that Linux have a little market, but it had been growing for the part many year.

[simongreen]

Hi David,

A Linux version is in the pipeline but I don't have any details about if/when it is going to be released...

Simon

[walder]

Come on guys, its been long enough now! What's your reasoning for keeping the Linux software so close to your chests? SMART are well ahead of the game and have had Linux software published for a while now. :mad:

Below is an extract from a post written in April 2006! found typing the keywords 'promethean' and 'linux' into google:

> hi,
> i'm a french teacher. In my school the Proactive white board by
> Promethean has been bought and of course it works under Microsoft. It
> seems the future in teaching may go via this kind of object. I'd like to
> work with this white board: where can i find a driver and what kind of
> softwares exist under linux.

I had a chat with one of the directors of Promethean in January, he said that
by third quater of this year they will fully support Linux. Smart have said
the same thing. I think it is just a case of waiting until they are ready.

> Thank you for your work,
> Marc

--
Regards

Andy Trevor
Technical Director
Cutter Project LimitedI also found this post with regards to sombody trying to use the Activ Software through Wine:

> Subject:
> Re: [Wine] Problem installing Activ'Studio by Promethean
> From:
> evaine <evaine at free.fr (http://www.winehq.org/mailman/listinfo/wine-users)>
> Date:
> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 20:51:45 +0200
> To:
> spetreolle at users.sourceforge.net (http://www.winehq.org/mailman/listinfo/wine-users)
>> ...
> Actually they have problem developping the driver, and nobody can help
> them (I've been in touch with them for more than one year about it) so
> they ask if I know someone who can develop it for them (it will be paid
> of course). I'm just a biology teacher so if you know someone... It
> makes impossible for me to teach easily because all I do is under Linux,
> and when I need this interactive board, I have to reboot and I lose
> several minutes, which is not convenient in front of thirty teenagers!
> Of course, I can emulate linux from windows, but I didn't try if it
> works well and I want to promote linux... and the file system and
> gestion is too different, I don't really know how to use windows well.
I just wish we had some concrete answers on this one guys!