Freedom and truth demand a repost:"you people really gotta stop saying "Title says it all". Please? :-P"True, but had I invested an extra minute or two to frame a proper description, my submission would've ended up being a dupe, beaten by others with shorter and less useful descriptions than mine. In the future I'll try and add more details, but when it comes to big news like this, sometimes useful but brief details (such as a direct download link) have to win over lengthy descriptions unless I want a parade of crows cawing "dupe!" to muddle the comments."don't submit crap descriptions out of some vain, meaningless attempt to get your headline on the front page."Were vanity the reason behind my submissions here, I would be using my real name."Spend some time on a good description and people might Digg it because of that"Considering it made the front page, it seems some people found value in it. I've already been chided at least twice now over my description and I've responded. So the question to the redundant drummer boys who pound this issue into useless echos is: in who then does such vanity exist?"(Read this fast now, it's gonna get modded down in like two minutes)"No, just my responses. :)
Freedom and truth demand a repost:Writing a real description isn't all that hard now is it?"Clicking the link to the official site isn't hard, is it? Clicking the additional link I provided isn't difficult, is it? Seeing the direct download link posted and making use of that too without extra clicks isn't very tough, is it?Even soup kitchens have their share of critics.Edit to include: user blocked
bebopreduxJun 12, 2006
OK, I admit it. I'm stupid. Having trouble installing this with SUSE 10.0Anyone with the easiest way to do this?
aptgetJun 12, 2006
Screenshot of Google Earth on Ubuntu 6.06 Dapper for those interested:<a class="user" href="http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/7173/screenshot2gz.png">http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/7173/screenshot2gz.png</a>
wardriver20Jun 13, 2006
It's allways good to hear that there's progress on the "Linux side of OS world".
wzzrdJun 13, 2006
No offense, but I'm really happy it's not an rpm.
macewanJun 13, 2006
thanks for pointing this out
Closed AccountJun 16, 2006Submitter
Freedom and truth demand a repost:"you people really gotta stop saying "Title says it all". Please? :-P"True, but had I invested an extra minute or two to frame a proper description, my submission would've ended up being a dupe, beaten by others with shorter and less useful descriptions than mine. In the future I'll try and add more details, but when it comes to big news like this, sometimes useful but brief details (such as a direct download link) have to win over lengthy descriptions unless I want a parade of crows cawing "dupe!" to muddle the comments."don't submit crap descriptions out of some vain, meaningless attempt to get your headline on the front page."Were vanity the reason behind my submissions here, I would be using my real name."Spend some time on a good description and people might Digg it because of that"Considering it made the front page, it seems some people found value in it. I've already been chided at least twice now over my description and I've responded. So the question to the redundant drummer boys who pound this issue into useless echos is: in who then does such vanity exist?"(Read this fast now, it's gonna get modded down in like two minutes)"No, just my responses. :)
Closed AccountJun 16, 2006Submitter
Freedom and truth demand a repost:Writing a real description isn't all that hard now is it?"Clicking the link to the official site isn't hard, is it? Clicking the additional link I provided isn't difficult, is it? Seeing the direct download link posted and making use of that too without extra clicks isn't very tough, is it?Even soup kitchens have their share of critics.Edit to include: user blocked
globalsoftbaycDec 11, 2010
Step by step installation guide for installing Google Earth on a Linux machine is given at http://globalsoftbay.blogspot.com/2010/12/install-google-earth-on-linux-machine.html