Native Picasa for Linux
Duncan
disappointed to say the least!
No Linux release/support since 3.0 - Seriously?
Apparently the reason is down to slow up take of 3.0 amongst Linux
users. Well the reason for this slow up take, Google, is simple ...
there's no native client for Linux. When a photo management tool is
sought for a Linux desktop, there are good native ones already around.
Why would a user want to run something under WINE???
The up take of Chrome under Linux surely demonstrates that there IS an
appetite for native versions.
Please pull the collective finger out and drum up a native client for
Linux.
Duncan
Patrick Shanahan
> It's been a while since I checked on Picasa for Linux and I'm
> disappointed to say the least!
>
> No Linux release/support since 3.0 - Seriously?
You will be even more disappointed when you find that there has *never*
been a "linux release".
> Apparently the reason is down to slow up take of 3.0 amongst Linux
> users. Well the reason for this slow up take, Google, is simple ...
> there's no native client for Linux.
Nor will there be!
> When a photo management tool is sought for a Linux desktop, there are
> good native ones already around. Why would a user want to run something
> under WINE???
>
> The up take of Chrome under Linux surely demonstrates that there IS an
> appetite for native versions.
>
> Please pull the collective finger out and drum up a native client for
> Linux.
good luck.
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Mr Burns
Mr B
mhenriday
* Duncan <duncan...@gmail.com> [08-31-11 14:05]:
> It's been a while since I checked on Picasa for Linux and I'm
> disappointed to say the least!
>
> No Linux release/support since 3.0 - Seriously?You will be even more disappointed when you find that there has *never*
been a "linux release".
> Apparently the reason is down to slow up take of 3.0 amongst Linux
> users. Well the reason for this slow up take, Google, is simple ...
> there's no native client for Linux.Nor will there be!
> When a photo management tool is sought for a Linux desktop, there are
> good native ones already around. Why would a user want to run something
> under WINE???
>
> The up take of Chrome under Linux surely demonstrates that there IS an
> appetite for native versions.
>
> Please pull the collective finger out and drum up a native client for
> Linux.good luck.
The Real Bev
> Moreover, given that it's been quite some time since the Windows version
> of Picasa has been updated - the version I'm running on my 64-bit Ubuntu
> 11.04 box is �Version 3.8.0 (program version 117.4300, 0) Picasa for
> Linux� - I suspect that Google has taken a strategic decision to devote
> its resources to its Picnik cloud service instead. That would fit in
> with the pattern shown by certain other Google services, like, e g, the
> Toolbar, the Firefox version of which is no longer supported (and thus
> will not run on more recent versions of FF than 4.0.x). We'll have to
> see how long Picasa continues to be supported....
Hmph. So I need to learn to use gimp, pass the results to picasa,
shrink the files and upload them to the picasa website. One more step.
Worse things have happened. New i7 computer with slackware 13.37, but
I kept picasa 3.0 because I just don't want to deal with deb or rpm
files, which generally whine about something useless. Unless picasa 3.8
offers perspective correction, I see no need to go beyond the 3.0 I'm using.
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mhenriday
On 09/01/2011 05:44 AM, mhenriday wrote:
> Moreover, given that it's been quite some time since the Windows version
> of Picasa has been updated - the version I'm running on my 64-bit Ubuntu
> 11.04 box is �Version 3.8.0 (program version 117.4300, 0) Picasa for
> Linux� - I suspect that Google has taken a strategic decision to devote
> its resources to its Picnik cloud service instead. That would fit in
> with the pattern shown by certain other Google services, like, e g, the
> Toolbar, the Firefox version of which is no longer supported (and thus
> will not run on more recent versions of FF than 4.0.x). We'll have to
> see how long Picasa continues to be supported....
Hmph. So I need to learn to use gimp, pass the results to picasa,
shrink the files and upload them to the picasa website. One more step.
Worse things have happened. New i7 computer with slackware 13.37, but
I kept picasa 3.0 because I just don't want to deal with deb or rpm
files, which generally whine about something useless. Unless picasa 3.8
offers perspective correction, I see no need to go beyond the 3.0 I'm using.--
Cheers, Bev
Bev, Picasa 3.8 does offer several features not found in 3.0, but alas, no perspective correction. I've found it very easy to use, the only additional complication I've encountered is the fact that Wine must be downloaded - but the Ubuntu Programme Centre makes this a breeze - and Picasa opened in Wine before placing the icon on the top panel....
Let me take this opportunity to nuance my comment above about the Google Toolbar for Firefox not working in newer versions of Firefox - if one installs the FF add-on Add-on Compatibility Reporter 0.9, the GTF works like a charm ! In my case, I had to reboot to get it to display in my FF window....
Henri
Barry Jackson
> Hey Duncan... I have used those photo apps that are Ubuntu downloads
> from their software center, but Picasa does everything I wanted, that
> the others didn't fulfill. Save for the sending photos in email through
> my default email client Thunderbird.... Gmail works, so I'll keep
> Picasa, and the other stuff that comes along with the Wine apps, and
> hopefully someone will get the default mail clients working..
> Mr B
>
Mr Burns - you can use Picasa with Thunderbird if you install my script.
It's just a fit and forget fix. I hope it help you. ;)
http://forum.mandriva.com/en/viewtopic.php?p=775461
Werner
i dont understand your problem. Picasa 3.8.x works flawless with wine
now. There's no need for the Linux Version anymore, it was only the
Windows Picasa shiped with a patched wine anyway! It seems this
patches are included with recent wine Versions.
However, Picasa is really stable on wine. Its even more stable then
most native applications. Givr it a try ;)
Kook Loon Koh
you want a native Linux apps. But I find Picasa easier to do batch
processing photos. I still keep Picasa 3.0 but I hope for an update.
But its look like Google is not doing anything now.
Kook Loon Koh
import. It give an error and close. I still haven't figure what
happen. Maybe you can enlighten me.
Thank!
Anthony O.
while now) and my concerns are :
- All the "film" features are deactivated (or cannot be used)
- The "backup pictures" function is not available with a problem
"cannot connect to imapi2 cd engine"
The last problem is for me the biggest. I have now a big picasa
database (containing many hours & days of tagging persons) on my
Ubuntu workstation which is not officially supported, with a closed
format (no documentation which I could use to create converter
softwares), and which I cannot export on an other computer ...
So my request is for google : please either support that weird linux
version, develop a native one, or open-source the existing, so many
other volunteers could eventually support it !
Thanks
Paul W. Roach III
index.html Piglet-002.jpg Piglet-004.jpg Piglet-006.jpg Piglet-008.jpg
Piglet-001.jpg Piglet-003.jpg Piglet-005.jpg Piglet-007.jpg
[proach@central Piglet]$ cat .picasa.ini
[Piglet-002.jpg]
faces=rect64(43c42e80baba8d7f),495d05aab2b21ae4
backuphash=18595
[Piglet-003.jpg]
faces=rect64(38a84000ac6c9c5f),495d05aab2b21ae4
backuphash=44321
........
<contact id="495d05aab2b21ae4" name="Persons Name" display="Person" modified_time="2011-07-18T10:22:25-05:00" email0="em...@email.com" local_contact="1"/>
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Patrick Shanahan
> I personnaly use Picasa 3.8 on Ubuntu (and use Picasa on Ubuntu for a
> So my request is for google : please either support that weird linux
> version, develop a native one, or open-source the existing, so many
> other volunteers could eventually support it !
Supprise. There is no "weird linux version", just the windows versions.
The so-called "for linux version(s)" were merely the windows version
packaged with a tweaked version of wine.
And I firmly believe that picasa is no longer an interesting project for
google, ie: dead and (almost)gone.
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