[juneau-lug] Re: Google Earth Linux

Pretty cool!  & Juneau area resolution is way better!

James Zuelow wrote:

>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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