>
> Well, I'm satisfied that LinuxMint 14 will suit my needs, but I have run
> into a problem
> running Google Earth. It starts up okay, but all I see on the globe is
> political boundaries,
> roads/streets, etc. but no terrain (satellite imagery). I cannot find any
> intelligible help
> in the various forums, so I thought I would ask here.
>
> What I get when I start Google Earth is an error message stating "DirectX
> mode not
> supported", and one of the suggestions is to download and install DirectX
> 9.0c, with no URL
> provided.
>
> I don't want to download and install any Windows plugins unless I know
> they are
> appropriate for use with LinuxMint.
>
Never mind, I fixed it. Sort of. Seems that Google Earth 7.0 has some
serious problems with Linux. I stumbled on to a link for downloading
GoogleEarthLinux.bin, which installs GE 6.2. It worked immediately.
Chris
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