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by zx2c4 4150 days ago
Can we get proper Linux support, please?

The current Linux situation with Google Earth is a joke -- 3 years old, crashes, based on wine, no pro features.

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Fortunately, the Windows version of Pro works perfectly in wine.
Great to know, thanks. Was there anything fancy needed to get it running or did it just run?
Nothing fancy. Wine 1.7, glsl, gdi & fbo.
I tried to download the Windows version to run it under wine and it gave me the Linux bin. I will have to put a bit more effort into it and give it now that someone has confirmed that it works :) Thanks.
Yeah, it won't give you windows version unless you change user-agent. Here's list of all possible downloads:

https://productforums.google.com/d/msg/earth/qGeaQ3LQYEs/vfG...

Thanks! I figured changing the UA would do the trick, but that link is even better :)

It works beautifully.

I wasn't able to get the movie export working though