Re: [OT] Astro Program

Hehe... Don't worry... commercial isn't always bad... Crossover office is commercial... and great...

And Starry Night Pro is also commercial... so don't get me wrong.

Just saying that for what you pay, KStars is really nice... so is Stellarium...

Gilles.

David B. Toth wrote:
At 11:39 AM 4/30/2007, Gilles Gravier wrote:
I use TheSky on my PocketPC... but it is commercial software... and comes with a price... And honestly, at least on my PocketPC, it's far from being as good as KStars.

Well, can Kstars run on your PocketPC? I can control my Paramount ME with TheSky PE running on my TREO 700wx via Bluetooth with a Bluetooth serial adapter on the mount ... cool stuff ...

And yes, it costs something ... maybe it won't sell in the Linux community because so many folks "seem to" equate running Linux with having the software be free ... but it HAS customer support with real people available, and a web-site that supports it, and a company with programmers actively writing code ...

If it turns out that folks in the Linux community don't want things like that, then I guess people won't bother writing code like that ... they'll stick with Windows and OS X.

At any rate, it was just a suggestion ...

TheSkyX is a major upgrade that leverages OpenGL for fast screen updates, etc. - part of the reason for trying a move to multi-platforms ...

At any rate, have to get ready for my real job .... got back last nite from near New York City where the North East Astronomy Forum (NEAF) was held.

Dave

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