First impressions of Google Earth for Linux
Only a few weeks after releasing its first Linux application -- the photo editing program, Picasa -- Google has released its second application for Linux: Google Earth for Linux 4.
Unlike Picasa, however, which runs with its own bundled copy of WINE, an open-source implementation of the Windows API (application programming interface), Google Earth is a native Linux application.
It may not appear that way to some users, since many of the files look like they're connected with Windows. But, a closer look shows them to be Qt application libraries.
The result is an application that enables users to tour about the globe. Much of North America, Australia, and Europe can now be seen with up to 1-meter per pixel resolution.
How good is that?
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