dlarmeir

Today I installed Google Earth on my laptop which runs Ubuntu 10.04 LTS 64 bit and to my surprise Google Earth would crash immediately upon starting. This was easily solved after searching the Google Earth forums but thought I would post the fix here just in case any of my readers encounter this issue. The fix is simple and shown below:

Step 1. Open a terminal
Step 2. #  cd google-earth/
Step 3. # wget http://librarian.launchpad.net/7037027/libGL.so.1 -O libGL.so.1
Step 4. Start Google Earth and it should be working.

It appears the cause of the failure is a simple rendering library issue – This fix is specifically for version 5.2.1.1329 (beta)

I decided to go on a small quick trip down south to Austin, San Marcos and San Antonio Texas to have a little fun. I strongly recommend it for those of you who have not been.

The town of West, Texas ( Little Czech Bakery ) – http://www.czechstop.net

While heading South I saw a sign for the czech stop just about 30 miles outside of Waco. I thought this looked interesting and the Euro in me craved food from the old world ( I am of German and Eastern European descent) so I decided to check it out. The first thing I noticed was that this place was standing room only. The line was long, and tons of people were in there to get some of this food. That told me right away that this was the good stuff. I ended up getting a Kraut and Brat stuffed bread and an Pumpkin Cream-Cheese Pastry. Turns out this was one of the most delicious things I have ever eaten in my life. Pictures below:

Kraut and Brat stuffed bread - yummy

Pumpkin Cream_cheese pastry

DownTown San Antonio Texas - http://www.visitsanantonio.com

San Antonio

So I decided to drive straight through Austin and hit up the Alamo, River Walk and the sights to see in downtown. I snapped a few pictures of the local scenery, met an awesome street preacher and burned up on the 107 degree temp outside ( Don’t ya love Texas Summers?)

Alamo Memorial

Alamo Perimeter

Alamo Era Spanish Cannon

The Alamo

The River Walk

San Marcos Texas - http://www.ci.san-marcos.tx.us

San Marcos is situated between Austin and San Antonio and is the best place to grab a room for the night if you are in the area. It also has attractions that are pretty fun too.We hit up Wonder World ( http://www.wonderworldpark.com) and Aquarena Springs ( http://www.aquarena.txstate.edu ). Pictures from these attractions:

Wonder Cave

Water from the Edwards Aquifer

The Cave!

Deer On the Train Ride

Me Feeding the Deer

Viewing the bottom of the lake 30 feet down in Aquarena Springs.

The Cleanest Fresh Water You Will Ever See.

In a nutshell for a couple hundred dollars you can have a pretty fun vacation here for your family. I know I enjoyed it.

I love my wife. This was the most awesome cake ever! And it’s LINUX!!!