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Mayo 29, 2006
Google Earth for Linux to Follow Picasa
Last week Google released their really great photo tool Picasa for Linux. They did this by making refinements to the open source Windows API software called WINE. A recent story in the WINE newsletter about the port mentions that Google is doing the same thing for Google Earth. Google Open Source Program Manager Chris DiBona has revealed that Google Earth will be the next application ported according to a LinuxToday story.
For those of you who think Google should port Google Earth natively, the Google Operating System blog has this to say:
Many Linux users think Google should build native versions for their software, instead of using Wine, but if Wine becomes powerful enough to run (almost) any Windows software everyone will gain: more people will adopt Linux because they can use their favorite applications and companies will have a wider audience for their software.
Enviado por FrankTaylor at Mayo 29, 2006 12:49 PM
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Enviado por: Lucas Arruda at Mayo 31, 2006 08:24 AM
Do people even read stories that they point to anu more? From the Linux Today article:
"When asked if the additions to WINE would bootstrap Google Earth's porting progress, DiBona answered in the negative, explaining that Google Earth relied on Qt and GL libraries and code, so additional WINE support would not help. No timeline for that application's release was revealed at this time."
Remember - Reading is fundamental. :)
Enviado por: Adam Hill at Mayo 31, 2006 12:14 PM
Adam, actually I read the articles in great detail. And, your remark made me realize I had forgotten to include the link to the Newsletter article. It points out that little detail in the article, so I assumed people would see it (if I had included the link!). Anyway, I'm not sure how far along they are with fixing the problem. But, I'm sure Google has continued working on it.
Enviado por: Frank Taylor at Mayo 31, 2006 01:45 PM
Right on Google! (I can't wait) They run their search engine infrastructure on Linux servers and so porting these apps should be beeze for them. I'm not sure if Mac is supported yet but since Mactel's have the ability to run wine I don't see why not. Google apps for everyone! Maybe Google will take over the world?
Enviado por: Alex Weighell at Junio 6, 2006 07:31 AM
Google now has a Linux version of Google Earth.
Enviado por: xfceslacker at Junio 12, 2006 06:15 PM
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WINE means WINE IS NOT AN EMULATOR, it a recursive acronym. So, by the name you get it's not and emulator, but a WIN32 API clone. They made a API that does just the same as WIN32 API. It's not perfect, but it works very well and in some cases can be faster than Windows.
Check it out in http://winehq.org/ .