Re: is google earth safe to install?

[Ric Moore <wayward4now@gmail.com>]

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?
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> > I'm building "Grit". I'll let everyone know how well it works. You
> > do need an nVidia graphic card though. Ric
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> 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.
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> Surely it only matters that it implements ${OPENGL_FEATURES} to a
> sufficient standard to run the application.
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> 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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