Google Earth for Linux works on FreeBSD

Alexander Leidinger Alexander at Leidinger.net
Thu Jun 15 09:46:08 UTC 2006


Quoting Matt Reimer <mattjreimer at gmail.com> (from Wed, 14 Jun 2006  
10:56:26 -0700):

> Works for me with hardware acceleration on nvidia GeForce FX 5500 and
> the following linux ports:

That's because the nvidia drivers don't use DRI, they use something  
they invented themself. The nvidia driver install appropriate linux  
bits, so you get HW accel with nvidia cards, but not with other cards.

Bye,
Alexander.

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