14 DAY TRIAL // Google Labs just released today the Linux version of Picasa, an application for editing and viewing pictures on your computer.
Chris DiBona writes: "Hi, everyone. Today I'm pleased to announce that we're making Picasa, our photo management application, available for Linux. This is a pre-beta labs release and since we're still learning on how to best make software for Linux, we're asking that you submit your bugs as you find them. Picasa for Linux uses Wine internally; this shows a bit in the interface, but it works even better than we had hoped. Download it and check it out! A list of supported distributions can be found in the FAQ. We hope our patches to Wine will help make it easier for everyone to run Windows apps on Linux and other Unix-like systems. Thanks to our pals at CodeWeavers who did much of the heavy lifting, and to Marcus Meissner, whose libgphoto support patch was a welcome surprise."
What can Google Picasa do?
￭ Search in the info you or your camera adds to photos ￭ Edit with basic fixes, 12 lighting and color effects ￭ Organize using labels and stars ￭ Write captions for all your pics ￭ Order prints from favorite sites
As stated on the home page, "Picasa is software that helps you instantly find, edit and share all the pictures on your computer. Every time you open Picasa, it automatically locates all your pictures (even ones you forgot you had) and sorts them into visual albums organized by date with folder names you will recognize. You can drag and drop to arrange your albums and make labels to create new groups. Picasa makes sure your pictures are always organized.
Picasa also makes advanced editing simple by putting one-click fixes and powerful effects at your fingertips. And Picasa makes it a snap to share your pictures - you can email, print photos home, and even post pictures on your own blog."
For camera detection and integration it will require a kernel >= 2.6.13, hal >= 0.56, and gnome-volume-manager or equivalent.
Here are some pictures of Google Picasa for Linux:
Download Google Picasa for Linux now from Softpedia.