Stellarium

I know Google Earth now has a sky mode... but if you're looking for something simple you really ought to check out stellarium. its free open source, and totally kicks ass. I think its about 30mb's to install, meaning it is a lot smaller than google earth....





It is in synaptic package manager, so check it out!



I have installed on my eeepc and it looks awesome, I can't wait to get out on a clear night and use it!

Npviewer.bin

My computer seems to be jumping to 97 99% cpu usage, even when i'm just typing. I've tried to find a good reason, and it seems to be that it is the flash plug in... but it happens whenever I'm not using the internet now I believe.... either way, it is seriously driving me crazy....

here's some links

http://linux.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/Fedora/2007-11/msg04255.html
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=647961

New Flash Update Broke Ubuntu gutsy

The new flash update broke my system. I found a great thread here on it. I had to read the text of which actually fixed it. which was this

64-bit packages: The Ubuntu 7.10 package is available here. Just download the package for your release, double-click the file, and install the package. For other releases, download and extract this archive and double-click the corresponding file to your release. However, I do not believe you will be able to use 64-bit flashplugin-nonfree packages without modifications on Ubuntu releases before 7.10.

I think if you don't have a 64 bit package, you ought to read about it here:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=636397