[tlug] Picasa for Linux

[Jim Tittsler <jwt-tlug@example.com>]

Google Labs has released Picasa for Linux (x86 only).  Picasa is  
their free photo organizing/editing/sharing tool which has previously  
been available only on Windows.  Rather than making a "native"  
application, they bundle a modified version of Wine (and the Gecko  
engine) with the application.
  http://picasa.google.com/linux/

On my Fedora Core 3 system, it works, but is rather fragile.  I've  
had it crash a couple of times in under an hour of playing with it.   
(Once when just scrolling through the library of photos it  
successfully found while scanning my disks... resulting in  a "Fatal  
Error" dialog box that was otherwise empty.  Once where it seemed to  
completely confuse my X11 display, resulting in a variety of pretty  
colored bars rather than the larger image display I was hoping for.)   
I also don't like some of the UI decisions, but I presume they may  
just be "Windowsisms" that I am unfamiliar with.  I appreciate that  
they are acknowledging the Linux users, but it doesn't feel ready for  
use.


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