Next Version of Google Earth is Already Creating a Buzz
13 Jun 2006In case you haven’t heard, Google recently made available a beta for the next version of Google Earth. The big buzz is because there is now a native Linux version.
I’ve seen people talking about the Linux version of Google Earth on the SLLUG Members mailing list. I found an entry on the Fedora SELinux mailing list titled, “Step-by-Step Guide To Creating SELinux Policy for Google Earth“. I’ve seen several other people talking about it already.
But, I was surprised to see that no one whose feed is picked up by the Utah Open Source Planet had yet posted on any of their blogs. So, here it is.
I heard about the new Linux version of Google Earth from my good friend, Evan McNabb via Jabber, yesterday. I downloaded the new Linux version and waited until later in the evening to try it out. Video was a bit scan like on my notebook, but I soon cleared it up.
I’d like to see people comment on their experiences with it, so far. I’ll write more about the things I hear later on.
I downloaded the Linux version of google earth a few days ago but I’ve yet to be able to get it working. It says that I don’t have the appropriate driver installed for my video card, but I do. I guess I’ll have to keep trying. It’s great that Google is porting a few more things to Linux lately.
I downloaded it a couple of days ago and I’ve not really noticed any differences from my windows installation as far as speed, image quality. All-n-all a good experience. One less tie to Winblows. Now if I could just get a 64bit Wine for Counter-Strike …