Google Earth v4 Released: Linux Support at Last

We’re very happy to announce that the a new version of Google Earth has been released. It features 3D textured buildings, some neat UI updates, better internationalization and, with this release, a native Linux version is available for download as well. The Google Earth team (with the help of Ryan Gordon) worked very hard to make this possible. Please see the Earth support site and check out the BBS for more information.

It’s good to see that Google is listening. Not even two weeks after releasing Picasa for Linux, they go ahead and release one of my favorite software programs. The program doesn’t require Wine to run, like Picasa did, and should run off any distro as long as you have a 3D card. I gave it a quick install in Gentoo, and it works flawlessly. Google.. please allow me to thank you.