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Re: is google earth safe to install?

From Ric Moore <wayward4now@gmail.com>
Newsgroups linux.debian.user
Subject Re: is google earth safe to install?
Date 2015-09-05 08:50 +0200
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On 09/03/2015 05:06 PM, Stuart Longland wrote:
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> On 02/09/15 08:55, Ric Moore wrote:
>>> Perhaps we should team up and buy some better satellite data to
>>> "free" it? Kickstarter anyone?
>>
>> I'm building "Grit". I'll let everyone know how well it works. You
>> do need an nVidia graphic card though. Ric
>
> I'll bite, why an nVidia graphic card?  I have a couple, but the Intel
> GPU in this laptop would run rings around most of them.
>
> Surely it only matters that it implements ${OPENGL_FEATURES} to a
> sufficient standard to run the application.
>
> Does this application bypass the kernel to talk to the video card
> directly?

They recommended nvidia over AMD, which they seemed to have problems 
with. I don't usually read of Intel being recommended for gaming / 3D. Ric



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..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity.
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is google earth safe to install? rlharris@oplink.net - 2015-09-01 07:50 +0200
  Re: is google earth safe to install? rlharris@oplink.net - 2015-09-01 10:40 +0200
    Re: is google earth safe to install? Darac Marjal <mailinglist@darac.org.uk> - 2015-09-01 16:50 +0200
      Re: is google earth safe to install? rlharris@oplink.net - 2015-09-01 20:20 +0200
        Re: is google earth safe to install? Sven Arvidsson <sa@whiz.se> - 2015-09-01 20:50 +0200
        Re: is google earth safe to install? Gene Heskett <gheskett@wdtv.com> - 2015-09-01 21:50 +0200
          Re: is google earth safe to install? <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2015-09-01 22:00 +0200
            Re: is google earth safe to install? Ric Moore <wayward4now@gmail.com> - 2015-09-02 01:00 +0200
              Re: is google earth safe to install? rlharris@oplink.net - 2015-09-02 01:30 +0200
                Re: is google earth safe to install? Gary Roach <garyroach@verizon.net> - 2015-09-02 03:10 +0200
                Re: is google earth safe to install? Renaud (Ron) OLGIATI <renaud@olgiati-in-paraguay.org> - 2015-09-02 10:00 +0200
                Re: is google earth safe to install? Ric Moore <wayward4now@gmail.com> - 2015-09-02 15:40 +0200
                Re: is google earth safe to install? Sven Arvidsson <sa@whiz.se> - 2015-09-02 11:10 +0200
              Re: is google earth safe to install? Stuart Longland <stuartl@longlandclan.yi.org> - 2015-09-03 23:10 +0200
                Re: is google earth safe to install? Martin Read <zen75502@zen.co.uk> - 2015-09-03 23:40 +0200
                Re: is google earth safe to install? Ric Moore <wayward4now@gmail.com> - 2015-09-05 08:50 +0200
  Re: is google earth safe to install? Gene Heskett <gheskett@wdtv.com> - 2015-09-01 10:50 +0200
    Re: is google earth safe to install? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2015-09-01 15:10 +0200
      Re: is google earth safe to install? Gene Heskett <gheskett@wdtv.com> - 2015-09-01 16:50 +0200

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