Google Earth

[Ed Greshko]

David Boles wrote:

> Google Earth is a Windows program that runs in WINE. I have not used it in
> quite a while but it used to come already configured with its own, 
> specially
> configured, version of WINE. And it was not FOSS. It also took a 3D video
> driver which you had to provide.

If you haven't used something in quite a while it is best to check your 
facts before post lest you spread false statements.

[egreshko at misty google-earth]$ file googleearth-bin
googleearth-bin: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Intel 80386, version 1 (SYSV), 
for GNU/Linux 2.2.0, dynamically linked (uses shared libs), stripped

> So you have more to look at here. A kernel upgrade, which was 01/11/2008. A
> WINE upgrade which was 01/12/2008. And, depending on what parts of Xorg you
> have installed, the latest upgrade was 01/09/2008.

So, no WINE necessary...unless you are suggesting the one made from grapes.