virtual moon atlas for linux

[kniclander]

anyone know if there is anything similar to VMA for linux (or if there is, in fact, VMA for linux but I haven't found it?)

thanks

Dan

[blackgerby]

VMA Light runs okay in Linux on my EEE-701 using Cross-Over Linux - http://www.codeweavers.com/products/cxlinux/

I haven't tried the full version of VMA.

[kniclander]

thanks I'll give it a go. I only need the lite version anyway.

I have eeepc 701 - great little machine

[blackgerby]

I have eeepc 701 - great little machine

I love it. I bought a EQ5 synscan mount last week, then a USB to serial cable from Astronomiser, plugged it all into the eee and I could control it in kstars! Not used to things working that easily.

[kniclander]

I got vma light running with wINE but for some reason the full version wouldn't run. No idea why. Only problem is that the moon is tiny but it should still be possible to use it to identify craters etc at the eyepiece. It doesnt seem to run quite as smoothly on eeepc as it does on my windows laptop - for some reason when I dble-click on a crater, it only shows its name if I'm not zoomed in which doean't seem right. Still, I'm ahead of where I was a couple of hours ago.

Glad eeepc is working well with your rig.