It also includes the following Linux-specific changes:
* Added amd64 Debian packages.
* New standard Linux folder name for My Photos
* Non-English language support enabled
* New Picasa Font Settings tool (for e.g. Asian users who need to
override
* Backup and Gift CD features now enabled, and create .iso files for
you to burn
* Lots of bug fixes
Known issues:
- Slideshow and Timeline still don't display full-screen unless your
display is set to 16 bits instead of the usual 24 or 32.
- Embedded web browser (used by e.g. the BlogThis! button) gives
some users trouble. We expect this will improve when we update to
the latest Wine. (No ETA on that yet, but we're already working on
it.)
- Video is still not supported.
- Running under Compiz or Beryl might not work well. If you run
into trouble, please disable Compiz / Beryl when running Picasa.
This isn't a big surprise - Compiz is still fairly new - and we expect
it to improve with future releases of Compiz and/or Picasa.
- The Loki installer is no longer supported, but you can still
install in your home directory and/or without using a package
manager;
see http://www.google.com/picasa/linux/faq.html#44 for instructions.
I've been using this for some time (I scored one of those golden tickets in the google chocolates) in Ubuntu with great success. Judging by some of the questions/complaints/issues I've seen posted here, I think that a lot of people will be very happy with this version :-)
PS - For us in the southern hemisphere the release is right on schedule :-p
On 22/11/2007, Guillaume <gheb...@gmail.com> wrote:
Like James, I was fortunate in my choice of chocalates and can say
that the new version - presuming that it is identical to the last test
version released - works very well for me indeed. I'm not a very
demanding user - no video, for example - but I am running a 64-bit
machine, and it's wonderful not having to force the architecture.
Kudos to Dan, Lei Zhang, and the other Picasa developers - and
thanks !...
Henri
On Nov 22, 1:46 am, "James Laugesen" <james.lauge...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I've been using this for some time (I scored one of those golden tickets in
> the google chocolates) in Ubuntu with great success.
> Judging by some of the questions/complaints/issues I've seen posted here, I
> think that a lot of people will be very happy with this version :-)
> PS - For us in the southern hemisphere the release is right on schedule :-p
> On 22/11/2007, Guillaume <gheb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Wow great! This new version is so much more responsive on my system!
Ditto to Henri's comment. And I have to say I'm impressed with the responsiveness of the developers when issues were reported. This release may have taken longer than expected, but they had *a lot* of work to do.
-Mark
On Nov 22, 2007 12:44 PM, mhenriday <mhenri...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Like James, I was fortunate in my choice of chocalates and can say > that the new version - presuming that it is identical to the last test > version released - works very well for me indeed. I'm not a very > demanding user - no video, for example - but I am running a 64-bit > machine, and it's wonderful not having to force the architecture. > Kudos to Dan, Lei Zhang, and the other Picasa developers - and > thanks !...
> Henri
> On Nov 22, 1:46 am, "James Laugesen" <james.lauge...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I've been using this for some time (I scored one of those golden tickets > in > > the google chocolates) in Ubuntu with great success. > > Judging by some of the questions/complaints/issues I've seen posted > here, I > > think that a lot of people will be very happy with this version :-)
> > PS - For us in the southern hemisphere the release is right on schedule > :-p
> > On 22/11/2007, Guillaume <gheb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Wow great! This new version is so much more responsive on my system!
Hi,
Although I also have the golden ticket as well, :P
I still ratherly care about why isn't there a bin package
to do the self-extract. Not every one has apt or rpm on
their system, right?
sbbg wrote: > Hi, > Although I also have the golden ticket as well, :P > I still ratherly care about why isn't there a bin package > to do the self-extract. Not every one has apt or rpm on > their system, right?
I (slack 11) have rpm, but I try not to use it. I think i did rpm2tgz or something like that, which worked fine. Or maybe that was something else, I should keep notes about this stuff. There's also checkinstall...
BTW, how soon will the screensaver be implemented in the linux version? I can use tkwallpaper to change my backgrounds to whatever list of graphics I want whenever I want, but my screens are generally covered with stuff so I can't see them. Jamie Z, the nazi, won't let xscreensaver be run by root (beautiful stuff, I hadn't looked at it for a long time and it impressed me all to hell) and NOBODY has a nice rotate-your-choice-of-pix screensaver for linux. I'd even be happy with the goldfish aquarium...
Firefox has an extension that will rotate your own pix, but only within the firefox window. Not good enough.
-- Cheers, Bev 66666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666 Vampireware; n, a project capable of sucking the lifeblood out of anyone unfortunate enough to be assigned to it, which never actually sees the light of day, but nonetheless refuses to die. -- Trygve Lode
On Nov 22, 6:17 pm, sbbg <sbbg...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Although I also have the golden ticket as well, :P
> I still ratherly care about why isn't there a bin package
> to do the self-extract. Not every one has apt or rpm on
> their system, right?
From the release notes:
> - The Loki installer is no longer supported, but you can still
> install in your home directory and/or without using a package
> manager;
> see http://www.google.com/picasa/linux/faq.html#44 > for instructions.
That FAQ entry also says a bit more about the issue.
- Dan
On Nov 22, 7:42 pm, The Real Bev <bashley...@gmail.com> wrote:
> BTW, how soon will the screensaver be implemented in the linux version?
Sadly, there is no standard for screensavers in Unix.
There used to be (xscreensaver), but lately KDE and
GNOME have gone their separate ways.
So it'd be a bit of work. If anybody feels like tackling
it, perhaps the right place to put the logic would be as
an enhancement to
http://portland.freedesktop.org/xdg-utils-1.0/xdg-screensaver.html - Dan
I'm really happy with this release candidate. I'm on Ubuntu 7.10 and
had the previous Linux Picasa installed, with 28K photos in hundreds
of folders. The new version picked everything up and Web Albums
working fine. I had to adjust my Compiz Fusion "Open" Animation
(previously set to "Glide") because the Picasa menus looked very
strange when clicked as they seem to be treated as windows. The Fade
animation looks Ok. I'm sure there is a way to configure the Fusion
settings so that they ignore Wine menus, but not sure how - its
something to do with the Window Type and Name....
On 21 Nov, 21:18, Michael <mtmm...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Even in balmy Los Angeles, summer is finally over. Time for a new
> Picasa!
> The first Picasa 2.7 for Linux public release candidate is now
> available.
> To get it, visithttp://picasa.google.com/linux/download.html > and scroll down to the Beta section.
> It also includes the following Linux-specific changes:
> * Added amd64 Debian packages.
> * New standard Linux folder name for My Photos
> * Non-English language support enabled
> * New Picasa Font Settings tool (for e.g. Asian users who need to
> override
> * Backup and Gift CD features now enabled, and create .iso files for
> you to burn
> * Lots of bug fixes
> Known issues:
> - Slideshow and Timeline still don't display full-screen unless your
> display is set to 16 bits instead of the usual 24 or 32.
> - Embedded web browser (used by e.g. the BlogThis! button) gives
> some users trouble. We expect this will improve when we update to
> the latest Wine. (No ETA on that yet, but we're already working on
> it.)
> - Video is still not supported.
> - Running under Compiz or Beryl might not work well. If you run
> into trouble, please disable Compiz / Beryl when running Picasa.
> This isn't a big surprise - Compiz is still fairly new - and we expect
> it to improve with future releases of Compiz and/or Picasa.
> - The Loki installer is no longer supported, but you can still
> install in your home directory and/or without using a package
> manager;
> seehttp://www.google.com/picasa/linux/faq.html#44 > for instructions.
I agree; it would be nice to have menus treated as menus rather than as windows. I have the same behavior with Compiz-Fusion in Ubuntu 7.10. I wonder if it's the Picasa code or Wine code that's at fault?
-Mark
On Nov 23, 2007 6:48 AM, Andy <andrew_m...@email.com> wrote:
> I'm really happy with this release candidate. I'm on Ubuntu 7.10 and > had the previous Linux Picasa installed, with 28K photos in hundreds > of folders. The new version picked everything up and Web Albums > working fine. I had to adjust my Compiz Fusion "Open" Animation > (previously set to "Glide") because the Picasa menus looked very > strange when clicked as they seem to be treated as windows. The Fade > animation looks Ok. I'm sure there is a way to configure the Fusion > settings so that they ignore Wine menus, but not sure how - its > something to do with the Window Type and Name....
> On 21 Nov, 21:18, Michael <mtmm...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Even in balmy Los Angeles, summer is finally over. Time for a new > > Picasa!
> > The first Picasa 2.7 for Linux public release candidate is now > > available. > > To get it, visithttp://picasa.google.com/linux/download.html > > and scroll down to the Beta section.
> > It also includes the following Linux-specific changes:
> > * Added amd64 Debian packages. > > * New standard Linux folder name for My Photos > > * Non-English language support enabled > > * New Picasa Font Settings tool (for e.g. Asian users who need to > > override > > * Backup and Gift CD features now enabled, and create .iso files for > > you to burn > > * Lots of bug fixes
> > Known issues:
> > - Slideshow and Timeline still don't display full-screen unless your > > display is set to 16 bits instead of the usual 24 or 32.
> > - Embedded web browser (used by e.g. the BlogThis! button) gives > > some users trouble. We expect this will improve when we update to > > the latest Wine. (No ETA on that yet, but we're already working on > > it.)
> > - Video is still not supported.
> > - Running under Compiz or Beryl might not work well. If you run > > into trouble, please disable Compiz / Beryl when running Picasa. > > This isn't a big surprise - Compiz is still fairly new - and we expect > > it to improve with future releases of Compiz and/or Picasa.
> > - The Loki installer is no longer supported, but you can still > > install in your home directory and/or without using a package > > manager; > > seehttp://www.google.com/picasa/linux/faq.html#44 > > for instructions.
