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Re: xearth is non-free; is there a free alternative?



On Tue, Dec 12, 2000 at 01:31:23PM -0500, Jan Hlavacek wrote:
> xplanet is packaged.  The only problem I had with xplanet is that it
> eats much more resources than xearth.  Maybe it will be better with a
> lower resolution map. 

Not only that, but the images it uses aren't free.  I wonder why xplanet
is in main and not in contrib?  As such, I cannot really recommend either.
Too bad.  If xearth were upgraded with free images, we'd be fine.

Ben
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