![]() I tested the software rendering, and though it is quite CPU-hungry, it runs without hang-ups or visual artifacts. The system requirements state that a 3-D capable video card is required if available Google Earth will use OpenGL to render its graphics, but if not, it will attempt to use software rendering. desktop menu entries for GNOME and KDE, but I installed it on three machines, and the menu entry failed to appear in any of them. ![]() Click to enlargeīy default, Google Earth installs in /usr/local/google-earth/ and creates a symbolic link in /usr/local/bin. System requirements are a 2.6-series kernel, glibc 2.3.5, 512MB of RAM, and an active network connection (necessary because the Google Earth client retrieves its visualization data dynamically from a server). bin file, an executable shell script wrapped around a self-extracting installer. It was possible before to run previous versions of Google Earth under Wine, but the Google Earth 4 Beta is a native application built on Qt and OpenGL. ![]() ![]() The release notes indicate simplifications to the user interface, support for textures on 3-D models, and the addition of new features to Keyhole Markup Language (KML), Google Earth’s data exchange format.įor most Linux users, of course, the biggest news is simply the availability of a native Linux client. The new release is a beta of Google Earth 4, slated to be the next major revision. Following closely on the heels of its Picasa news, Google is offering a beta of Google Earth that - for the first time - includes a Linux version of the 3-D mapping and visualization program. ![]()
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