Google’s Picasa for Linux
I’m not a big fan of Google applications since all the bad reviews and security holes of the Google desktop search application were posted. Why someone needs a search application anyway is beyond me. Do those guys just save crap everywhere and forget where they put it? Isn’t there already a search feature built into the Operating System?
Anyway, some people like Google’s applications and find them easy to use … which is why I’m posting this. It’s a review of one guys experience with Picasa, an image viewer/editor, for Windows and Linux. Apparently it’s a competitor for Adobe Elements, according to the author. I’m a big fan of IrfanView (awesome program, runs from a single .exe file, supports all file types, and can handle all of the Photoshop plugins), but that doesn’t mean I can’t post stuff for you guys!
So here’s the article: http://linuxhelp.blogspot.com/2006/05/first-impressions-of-picasa-googles.html
Oh, also, this application isn’t native for Linux. It’s really the Windows version running on top of Wine. Here’s a blurb from their FAQ:
Q: Is Picasa for Linux open source?
Picasa for Linux isn’t open source; it uses a carefully tested version of Wine to run the current Windows version of Picasa. Wine itself is an open-source implementation of the Windows API. It runs on top of the X Window System and Linux or Unix.