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Rewrite the "Linux GPS support state" blame

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<code>/dev/tty.SerialPort-3</code> on Mac.</p>
<h3 id="positioning_linux">Linux</h3>
<p>On Linux, you can use Geoclue2 as the platform plugin, but that is "Gnome
quality" at its best and you will most probably not make it work. But
you can <a href="https://github.com/OpenOrienteering/mapper/issues/1569#issuecomment-611442924">try</a>...</p>
<p>On Linux, you can use Geoclue2 as the platform plugin, but Geoclue is "Gnome
quality" software at its best and you will most probably not
<a href="https://github.com/OpenOrienteering/mapper/issues/1569#issuecomment-611442924">make
it work</a>.</p>
<p>Theoretically, you can also use the <code>serialnmea</code> plugin like on Windows/Mac,
but practically
<a href="https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1193604">almost</a>
<a href="https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2030899">all</a> distributions
fail to build the plugin... The only exception are distributions using Qt6 like
ArchLinux. In Qt6, the <a href="https://doc-snapshots.qt.io/qt6-dev/position-plugin-nmea.html">NMEA
plugin</a> has been completely reworked and is much more powerfull than in Qt5. And
it compiles!</p>
ArchLinux. The <a href="https://doc-snapshots.qt.io/qt6-dev/position-plugin-nmea.html">NMEA
plugin</a> has been completely reworked in Qt6, is much more powerfull than in Qt5 and
is compiled by default.</p>
<div id="footnote">
<p id="legacyPaths"><i>[1] The user paths have changed in GPXSee 7.</i></p>