[juneau-lug] Google Earth Linux

I tried the Google Earth version 4 download this morning.

The bin file installs quickly, and it handled my savage pro 8 video card well 
enough - I don't have hardware acceleration, and GE complains.

However I can still pan and zoom fairly well, taking a peek at the picnic 
table at the top of silverbow basin.  Panning and zooming quickly takes up 
100% CPU though.  You'll have better performance with a supported video card.

If you run the installer as a normal user, the program installs in your home 
directory.  If you run it as root, it will do a global install, defaulting 
to /usr/local/googleearth with a symlink for the executable 
in /usr/local/bin.  A firefox plugin is also installed, but Firefox complains 
that there is no version information.

Pretty quick and lightweight install, and even with software OpenGL 
performance is good enough.

Debian Etch, Linux Kernel 2.6.15, 2GB RAM, Athlon XP 2000+

Cheers,

James
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