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Many people are already familiar with Google Earth and have already tried it one time or another. The ability to turn the globe like a piece of kid’s marble gives users a good view of the world through satellite images. However, using Google Earth takes up much system resource that makes it not convenient to use. It is available to Linux though but users can have an open source alternative that they can use – Marble. 

Marble is a virtual globe application that gives users a different perspective of the world. It can be used with Linux and has some features missing as compared to Google Earth. However, the many available features available as well as the fact that it is not a resource hog makes it a preferable tool to use. The application is associated with the KDE desktop environment and KDE users might as well have Marble already installed. However, it can still be used with any other environment. 

GPS devices can function with Marble by simply enabling the ‘current location’ in the view menu and enable the GPSD service, allowing the application to find any GPS device that can track the user’s current location. Maps can be adjusted and also has auto-zoom options that can be used. 

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