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Google Earth v4 Released - Linux Support at Last

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the minutes-past-hour-equals-frannie-years-on-earth dept.

chrisd writes "We're very happy to announce that the a new version of Google Earth has been released. It features 3D textured buildings, some neat UI updates, better internationalization and, with this release, a native Linux version is available for download as well. The Google Earth team (with the help of Ryan Gordon) worked very hard to make this possible. Please see the Earth support site and check out the BBS for more information."

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  1. Thanks for the FUD by spisska · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    * On the download page, there's no option to download the stable version 3 for Linux, even though system requirements are mentioned.

    Nobody claimed that v3 was ported to Linux. Just that v4 beta is available.

    * So, I just downloaded & installed beta version 4 on my FC4 Athlon64 system and while it runs OK, the actual map data is all scrambled. As I zoom in/out it is constantly 'twinkling' with the wrong images. City names are dropping characters as well, so you can't even tell where you're looking when you get in close.

    Without knowing the details of your system, I cannot say what you're problem is, but you appear to be doing something wrong. It was a very simple install on my P4 FC4 system, and works exactly as it should -- including street names, interstates, etc. It also includes quite detailed street and highway data for locations outside the US.

    Nice try. Hope it works better in the future.

    Thanks to Google for producing Google Earth for our amusement, and for bringing it to the Linux Platform for no particular reason other than that they felt like it.

    And thanks to the parent poster for playing. Please let us know when the free map toy that you create works better.