[Celestia-developers] educational activities by Frank Gregorio: what modifications required?

[Nick U. <ni...@ni...>]

Dear Folks,

I was exited to see the educational activities by Frank Gregorio;
Thanks Frank!  They look better than "ossum"  (the Californian
pronunciation of "awesome").

I have been downloading the many GB from
http://www.celestiamotherlode.net/catalog/educational.php and while
reading
http://www.celestiamotherlode.net/creators/fsgregs/educational/Letter_to_Us=
ers_&_Educators.zip
see that a "special" version of celestia is required.  In particular,
since we are using Linux, a special version is required for Linux.

However, no such version has been provided for Linux, only for
Windows, which we don't have (or want :-).

My questions:

1. Will such a special version be made available?
2. What are the actual changes between the standard and special
   versions?  Are these changes available as a patch or in CVS?
3. Should I abort downloading these educational activities over our
   slow ADSL link in Australia?  (i.e., is there hope that we can use
   them in Linux?)
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Nick Urbanik   RHCE         http://nicku.org        ni...@ni...
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