SubscribeAsk Google for support of Google Earth for Linux
From this post we see discussion of the software’s desired availability for Linux. But from here we clearly see that this not a top priority.
[ UPDATE: It's working thanks to WINE ]
http://www.macewan.org/2005/12/31/google-earth-on-linux-2/
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Check out this link. It gives seom good ideas for this issue. http://www.linux-tip.net/cms/content/view/215/6/
I think the google don’t mind with Linux users, but they can’t see the Linux users are growing up around the world. Maybe google and microsoft are walking together. For me, if Bill dies, it makes three days.
Well, I thing there is a version of google earth with more or less features that you can run on any platform, it’s maps.google.com, you can see the same images as in google earth, only thing you couldnt do is 3D effects..
There is a port of worldwind to java that is decent. it’s called ww2d. find it here: http://ww2d.csoft.net/ i’ve used it on both win and linux
Its screwed we are not able to get Google Earth for damn Linux.
Fuck it
1. There is definitely a linux version in the works, last I heard – although I may just be some random *saying that* from everyone else’s perspective.
3. I’d be surprised if Google used Java for multiplatform client development with an aim to reach a wide userbase when they have a commercial license to use Qt, and lots of python/C++ expertise on tap.
3. “Linux desktop is a mess to develop for and support. Suppose they wanted to build a Linux version, what should they use? QT? Gnome? Command-line? NCurses? Which flavors of what packages should they use? Its a jungle out there. So I guess they are in a dilema themselves.”
Just in case there are any non-linux developers out there who aren’t aware of this, this is what we call “propaganda”.
There’s no way anyone with experience could truthfully assert this. These tools are ALL available on close enough to ALL desktop/workstation linux distributions.
This comment would be closely analogous to someone saying “Windows Desktop is a mess to develop for and support. Suppose they wanted to build a windows version, what should they use? MFC? .Net? Visual Basic? Batch files? Which versions of what packages should they use? Its a jungle out there. So I guess they are in a dilema themselves.” – ie equally nonsensical when you look for sensible meaning.
Affan, you’re just another fudder. Sorry
If Linux communities still embrace those arrogant attitutes, it will remain a loose sand for years to come until it die off like other OSs. Wait and see Microsoft VISTA and Apple Intel based Mac released, Linux will eventually end up in the Smithsonian Musuem.
I wouldn’t blame Google not invest into Linux uncertainty future.
gernome I think that you are completly away from the OS development world…
May be next years Mac && Ms Vista will have more users than Gnu / Linux butthere was a question time to uniforme our OS.
Linux have a a thing that anyone system have… power and free dedication of experts and computer hackers…
be fine
March 2006 …
Still no linux release of google-earth … even a beta ..
it s*cks !
Google earth works with latest wine (at least for me), but you can barely use it since half the window freezes. I wonder what google are thinking with, since they use Ubuntu Linux for themselves.
About the tools to develop a native Google Earth for Linux, the excuse of what tools to use is really nonsense, if you have a GTK application you can run it in KDE with the GTK compatibility and if its designed with QT you can use it in Gnome ’cause the libraries are available, that isn’t an excuse at all. All that is nothing but b*llsh*t. I also read Michael Dell telling that they not support linux because there are a lot of distros out there, that’s true, but you know what Mr. Dell? You can develop a Dell Linux with full support. Why not?, you have the money to do that. And maybe it could be the most popular distro. Think about it.
On other side, to the guys of google I say that it is really dissapointing and a big shame that a big company who have grow like that, and have done a lot of money based on Linux, haven’t release a version, a native Linux version of that google earth software like a year after the first release. I’m sure that those millions of dollars in the pocket feels really good now, but before give that software to Bill Gates and Steve Jobs remember when you were using Linux to make those millions. If it comes like a wine version I will not that piece of cr*p, Linux doesn’t deserve that humilliation. I hope it comes in a native version like it is for the other “Popular platforms”. Remember this: more people use Linux than the ones that use Apple. That is a big, so big shame.
gernome, you are very away from Linux reality. If you know what things you can do with Linux and all the benefits of it you would think different. Also, linux is growing in an exponential way and for you to know, if you don’t, Linux is the console system, not the GUIs you see, like Gnome or KDE, and the bad look they had years before have changed a lot now and looks even better that windows in a lot of aspects. By the way, no other environment in the pc world can compare to KDE. KDE is the more complete environment of all times and its getting better and better, you can customize it almost in anyway you want it to be. And now, with the Xgl and other technologies that are developing I don’t thing MS Vista nor Apple as cool as that by now.
Man!, the only thing that could go to the Smithsonian is Windows as the worst most popular OS. I’m sure that is a world record.
Since the download for Mac is still a beta, I assume Google first wants to finish its Mac version before starting with its Linux version. Maybe they don’t want the source code to be known, and therefore they want to do the porting themselves.
Google earth is one of the best map’s I have used but I hate window’s so we need it for LINUX….
This Tutorial explains how to install and run Google Earth using VMware Player on Linux.
http://www.linux-tip.net/cms/content/view/227/6/
Ed B. Says: “Just in case there are any non-linux developers out there who aren’t aware of this, this is what we call “propaganda”.
There’s no way anyone with experience could truthfully assert this. These tools are ALL available on close enough to ALL desktop/workstation linux distributions.”"
Gee, what ignorant of reality and elitistic attitude, unfortunately, still quite often in Linux community.
One thing is for sure, if Linux community doesn’t changes something radically in their approach, Linux share in desktop market will never be more than 1-2%
For few years I’m programing on Linux and using it as my Desktop OS, and because of the reasons stated earlier, I almost exclusively make statically-linked programs, for GUI apps using most often FOX or FLTK toolkit. I simply don’t have time, possibilities nor will to make versions of my dynamically-linked program for about 1000 distros around (Ubuntu, Suse, Fedora, Gentoo, Mandrake, Slackware…)multiplied with at least last three versions of each distro in use, since there is not even the trace of backward compatibility.
Yes of course, there’s also restive “default” assumption that even every company needs to give away their source code (and put the picture of RMS on the wall in every office to which they will prey in off-time btw) simply to ease the maintenance (not including potentially religious stuff).
In my humble opinion, the least thing that Linux needs to even survive is _standard_, and in this I mean something more concrete and with _real_ (not only declarative) support of big companies, than for example LBS. Unfortunately it seems that cannot be done with such extremist and anarchistic (no, it’s not freedom anymore it’s anarchy) approach that GNU propagates, because there isn’t any kind of hierarchy and control, so backward-compatibility for example can become a reality (hey, I’ve played game 14 years old today on WinXP and I bet that even “telemate” could still work), no, there’s only recommendation. And someone from hardcore GNU community even asks why Google doesn’t make a Linux version of GE, well what kind of company that makes desktop software could feel secure? That is also the answer to those who ask why Macromedia isn’t much more involved in Linux (please spare me and don’t mention Nvu, Gimp, Kdevelop and other so called “proprietary competitors”).
Few months ago I wanted to install one app (I’ve forgot the name, think it was something about music file sharing) on my Slackware Linux, which required wxGTK-2.4.2, and had wxGTK-2.6.2 which is also required by some other app, so I’ve got source code source code of that program so I could compile it myself, but compilation required a few more libs-apps, among which one required wxGTK compiled with some unusual switches… after few more hours I’ve erased all traces of that app, and started “tetravex”, luckily it shiped with “freerock gnome” package.
luisito Says: “Also, linux is growing in an exponential way…”
I’ve been listening to this for past few years, and yet Linux still isn’t significantly more “visible” actor in world desktop population.
Firstly it was that delaying arrival of MS Vista (then Longhorn) can boost migration from Windows to Linux, but sadly it turned out that companies only wanted to “frighten” MS and get better agreement and additional conveniences by officially stating that they plan to migrate to Linux. Then, there was sincere belief that IBM will invest a lot of money in Linux desktop plausibility, again was Linux community disappointed since IBM is only interested in using and selling it with _their_ own _server_ products… lately there was a rumor that Google works on its version of Linux based on Ubuntu distro – Goobuntu, but again did Linux served as tool of frightening MS and to “persuade” it to slow down a little in their aggressive approach with web search engines… and Linux is still where it was few years ago, but with prettier Gnome and KDE, and saga continues. But hey, ther’s already a new version of GPL which will keep further “dirty” capitalists from “divine” GNU/Linux, so lets celebrate! Yeah!
GE looks like a Java app on Windoooz anyway
I’ll gladly add my vote to lobby for Google Earth ported for Linux.
Since Google Earth is developed by QT( Multi-platform supported), it should be linux-supported easily.
But it does not.
What a pity.
I don’t think it will be hard for them to support linux.
Maybe the next version they will make it a reality.
GE is developed in C++ and QT, from my understanding.
You can use WinID or Spy++ to look at the Class Name of controls in Google Earth UI. There names are QWidget, and many control’s have the caption like qt_viewport.
So I assume it’s forged by C++ and QT, which can support multi-platform whitout changing too much code.
In fact, Google talk do not support Linux, right?
I was also wondering why Google can’t port GE to Linux?
I am also a Linux user and was wanting to find the route from Penn Station NY to Madison ave. GE would have done a good job but not on Linux!! Is google gonna help?
for those of you that are interested, i done that ‘feature request’ thing on the google earth website only to get some, half hearted, not well written atall, auto respose. It can be read at http://www.justifier.pastebin.com/725491 Give google eath to the real users, the linux users !
Hi !
GoogleEarth works really nicely with an older version of wine: 20041019.
I just had problems with the two left panels, but 3D controls and Earth display were really efficient (under Linux/Fedora4 with the nvidia official driver).
just to confirm google for linux is released
google earth s now avalble on linux!!!!
read the story here: http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/06/12/2050255
Get it here:!
http://earth.google.com/download-earth.html
Finally. This artical propelled me into working with it and wine-tools so long ago, I was very pleased to see it available this morning. It’s about time!
Great looking Blog!
I have Google Earth installed on Win XP and a 1 minute comparison between the two installs, I have no hesitation in proclaiming that the Linux (X86 64 on a AMD Opteron System) is superior to the WinXP.
enjoy
linux support works fine
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