Re: [school-discuss] evaluation of astronomy apps at...

[Charlie Cosse <ccosse@asymptopia.com>]

Maybe there should be another section for apps which need accelerated
graphics -- it will probably only become _more_ of and issue as time
goes on...

Daniel Carter wrote:
> Hi all,
>
>  > This could make Celestia questionable for the ISO; could I get
>  > some opinions from others?
>
> Don't get me wrong.  Celestia is probably the best astronomical 
> app I have ever seen.  It's both educational and immensely fun. 
> Just don't expect it to run smoothly on outdated hardware.
>
> For me, the graphics card is probably the main bottleneck -  it's 
> only a TNT2, although lots of ram is essential if you want to use 
> hi-res textures (which is really just eye candy, not necessary 
> for educational purposes really).  I think it should still be 
> included on the ISO, since it's the best app in its class (no pun 
> intended).  Perhaps a link to 1.2.4 and earlier versions could
> be included for those with performance issues.
>
> Dan