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Google releases Picasa for Linux
I was taken a bit by surprise by Google's announcement today that it has released a pre-beta version of Picasa for Linux. Picasa for Linux runs on "a carefully tested version of Wine" (the not-an-emulator Windows emulator), and according to Google much of the work was done by CodeWeavers. In the process, they contributed over 200 patches to the Wine project. Almost everything from the Windows version of Picasa is present, with the exception of CD burning and video playback. You can read some implementation notes from Google's Dan Kegel on the Wine mailing list, or you can head straight to Google Labs for the download, which comes in RPM, Debian package, and self-extracting installer formats.[Via Slashdot]
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Subscribe to commentsChrisMay 26th 2006 5:36PM
I don't know about others but I have been waiting for this for a long time! I love Picassa and use it to manage my photo library and have set up my family to use it as well. I have been asking for a long time for a linux version as well as a mac version or at least a way to read/share iphoto libraries. This seems like a great step!
Chris