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"The basic idea behind open source is very simple. When programmers on the Internet can read, redistribute, and modify the source for a piece of software, it evolves. People improve it, people adapt it, people fix bugs. And this can happen at a speed that, if one is used to the slow pace of conventional software development, seems astonishing...
...The Open Source pages exist to make this case to the commercial world."    - Introduction to Open Source - www.opensource.org

* xearth

market download xearth displays an image of the earth, as seen from your favorite vantage point in space (this can be your current position), correctly shaded for the current position of the sun. By default, xearth updates the displayed image every five minutes. The time between updates as well as many parameters can be changed using the settings.

This is a completely rewritten port of xearth V.1.1 for UNIX. See also: http://hewgill.com/xearth/original/

Author: Markus Hoffmann
Version: 1.1-22
Market link: de.drhoffmannsoftware.xearth
Web site: http://nowebsitefound



Source code:
Code license:
Market downloads: 1,000-5,000
Market rating: 4.4 / 5.0
Category: Top:/Applications/Tools


Added: 2015-11-14
Updated: 0000-00-00
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