September 23rd, 2009 by acmelab68
Face Recognition for Linux haven’t been available on Linux yet. Sure – there are some ready-to-use libs, but that’s interesting for developers only. When it came to ready-to-use applications, you only could choose between MacOS or Windows. (Excuse me, but face recognition at Google’s PicasaWeb Album is a bit too spooky for me and I won’t upload 100GB of photographs)
That’s why I was quiet pleased, when I read Picasa 3.5 do face recognition now. Going to the download section, I’ve found only version 3.0beta for Linux – no 3.5! And then I’ve read here: Continue reading ‘Face Recognition for Linux with Picasa 3.5 and Wine’
June 14th, 2009 by acmelab68
GoogleMaps version 3.0 and higher won’t install onto Windows Mobile 2003 any longer. And that’s a pity, since the old devices like e.g. the HTC magician is a good companion for cycling.
The statement, that it doesn’t work took me a while to figure out. If you download a new GoogleMaps version (as of now 3.0.1.6) from e.g. Softpedia, C|NET or ZDNET, you will see a error message if you try to install this .CAB file onto your PDA running Windows Mobile 2003. But all of them claim, this version (3.0.1.6) is meant to be for Windows Mobile 2003 also. Continue reading ‘New GoogleMaps not for Windows Mobile 2003′
January 2nd, 2009 by acmelab68
Anders just told me to look at this great video about the Open Street Map project.
It’s very impressive!
It’s showing the development of the OSM project on a rotating globe within the last year. Continue reading ‘One year Open Street Map in an amazing clip’
December 10th, 2008 by acmelab68
Perform these three lines, if it still doesn’t work, read the workaround described below:
cd ~/.googleearth
wget http://mymediasystem.net/wp/2009/01/libGL.so.1.2
googleearth
If it crashes again, you can give it one further try by removing the lock file and myplaces (back them up, if necessary): Continue reading ‘Google Earth 4.3 (Beta) crashes on Linux (Problem solved by workaround)’
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