> Probably a big mistake, I acquired a Harmony 895 remote control. However > it seems that the beast is completely useless without first programming > it, which can apparently only be using the supplied software for Windows > or Mac OS X. Since I haven't got anything other than Linux at home, does > somebody know of a possibility to make this device usable? I tried various things with mine. You can actually do all the configuration via any old web browser on just about anything, but to actually get the info downloaded to the harmony, you gotta have windows to run their usb interface software. I didn't try wine, I suppose it is possible that it might work, but it seemed highly unlikely to me (nothing remotely complex I ever tried under wine has worked correctly). See this remotecentral forum page for the details on nifty stuff you can do with firefox: http://www.remotecentral.com/cgi-bin/mboard/rc-harmony/thread.cgi?keywords=4182 I just boot windows when I need to update my harmony (which doesn't happen much once you get past the incredibly painful setup process).
