Picasa for Linux

[Wayne-8]

Google has released Picasa for Linux.
http://picasa.google.com/linux/

Wayne
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[Duncan Hill-5]

On Fri, May 26, 2006 20:08, wayne wrote:
> Google has released Picasa for Linux.
> http://picasa.google.com/linux/

For some users, it'll be a nice tool.

I gave up on it when I moved to RAW shooting.  Picasa is fine for JPEG,
but the RAW support was abysmal.  Though, Google never claimed that it was
a RAW handler with workflow.


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[Gilles Caulier-2]

Le Vendredi 26 Mai 2006 09:08 PM, wayne a écrit :
> Google has released Picasa for Linux.
> http://picasa.google.com/linux/
>
> Wayne

Thisis not a real port of Picasa under linux API. It's use Wine :

"This software uses these open source technologies: WINE, Mozilla."

from http://picasa.google.com/linux/download.html !!!

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[Duncan Hill-5]

On Fri, May 26, 2006 21:01, Caulier Gilles wrote:

> Le Vendredi 26 Mai 2006 09:08 PM, wayne a écrit :
>
>> Google has released Picasa for Linux.
>> http://picasa.google.com/linux/
>>
>>
>> Wayne
>>
>
> Thisis not a real port of Picasa under linux API. It's use Wine :
>
>
> "This software uses these open source technologies: WINE, Mozilla."

I forget where I was reading about this.. oh yes, planetKDE.  Picasa is
apparently written with Qt, so why they say 'wine' not 'native' , is
boggling some minds.

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[Duncan Hill-5]

On Friday 26 May 2006 21:03, Duncan Hill wrote:
> I forget where I was reading about this.. oh yes, planetKDE.  Picasa is
> apparently written with Qt, so why they say 'wine' not 'native' , is
> boggling some minds.

Slightly off :)  The reference was to Google Earth.
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[Daniel Bauer-2]

Am Freitag, 26. Mai 2006 22:01 schrieb Caulier Gilles:

> Le Vendredi 26 Mai 2006 09:08 PM, wayne a écrit :

> > Google has released Picasa for Linux.

> > http://picasa.google.com/linux/

> >

> > Wayne

>

> Thisis not a real port of Picasa under linux API. It's use Wine :

>

> "This software uses these open source technologies: WINE, Mozilla."

>

> from http://picasa.google.com/linux/download.html !!!

>

> Gilles

Plus: it's extremely "unlinux":

" Picasa for Linux isn’t open source; it uses a carefully tested version of Wine to run the current Windows version of Picasa. Wine itself is an open-source implementation of the Windows API. It runs on top of the X Window System and Linux or Unix."

(http://picasa.google.com/linux/faq.html#24)

and from http://picasa.google.com/linux/eula.html:

"You agree not to modify, adapt, translate, prepare derivative works from, decompile, reverse engineer, disassemble or otherwise attempt to derive source code from the Picasa Software"

"The Picasa Software may communicate with Google's servers to check for available updates to the Picasa Software..."

"By installing the Picasa Software and not disabling the automated check for Updates, you hereby agree to automatically request and receive Updates from Google's servers."

"If you send a request to Google’s servers, we record standard log information, including Internet Protocol addresses and information related to your request. We also log information about the installation process and your system and settings when you download Picasa."

Quite high costs for "free software", isn't it?

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Daniel Bauer wrote:

> Am Freitag, 26. Mai 2006 22:01 schrieb Caulier Gilles:
>
>  > Le Vendredi 26 Mai 2006 09:08 PM, wayne a écrit :
>
>  > > Google has released Picasa for Linux.
>
>  > > http://picasa.google.com/linux/
>
>  > >
>
>  > > Wayne
>
>  >
>
>  > Thisis not a real port of Picasa under linux API. It's use Wine :
>
>  >
>
>  > "This software uses these open source technologies: WINE, Mozilla."
>
>  >
>
>  > from http://picasa.google.com/linux/download.html !!!
>
>  >
>
>  > Gilles
>
> Plus: it's extremely "unlinux":
>
> " Picasa for Linux isn’t open source; it uses a carefully tested version
> of Wine to run the current Windows version of Picasa. Wine itself is an
> open-source implementation of the Windows API. It runs on top of the X
> Window System and Linux or Unix."
>
> (http://picasa.google.com/linux/faq.html#24)
>
> and from http://picasa.google.com/linux/eula.html:
>
> "You agree not to modify, adapt, translate, prepare derivative works
> from, decompile, reverse engineer, disassemble or otherwise attempt to
> derive source code from the Picasa Software"
>
> "The Picasa Software may communicate with Google's servers to check for
> available updates to the Picasa Software..."
>
> "By installing the Picasa Software and not disabling the automated check
> for Updates, you hereby agree to automatically request and receive
> Updates from Google's servers."
>
> "If you send a request to Google’s servers, we record standard log
> information, including Internet Protocol addresses and information
> related to your request. We also log information about the installation
> process and your system and settings when you download Picasa."
>
> Quite high costs for "free software", isn't it?
>
> Daniel

All what I can say:

LONG LIVE TO DIGIKAM :)

Regards,
Gabor

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[Gilles Caulier-2]

Le Samedi 27 Mai 2006 01:35 PM, Dudas Gabor a écrit :

> Daniel Bauer wrote:
> > Am Freitag, 26. Mai 2006 22:01 schrieb Caulier Gilles:
> >  > Le Vendredi 26 Mai 2006 09:08 PM, wayne a écrit :
> >  > > Google has released Picasa for Linux.
> >  > >
> >  > > http://picasa.google.com/linux/
> >  > >
> >  > >
> >  > >
> >  > > Wayne
> >  >
> >  > Thisis not a real port of Picasa under linux API. It's use Wine :
> >  >
> >  >
> >  >
> >  > "This software uses these open source technologies: WINE, Mozilla."
> >  >
> >  >
> >  >
> >  > from http://picasa.google.com/linux/download.html !!!
> >  >
> >  >
> >  >
> >  > Gilles
> >
> > Plus: it's extremely "unlinux":
> >
> > " Picasa for Linux isn’t open source; it uses a carefully tested version
> > of Wine to run the current Windows version of Picasa. Wine itself is an
> > open-source implementation of the Windows API. It runs on top of the X
> > Window System and Linux or Unix."
> >
> > (http://picasa.google.com/linux/faq.html#24)
> >
> > and from http://picasa.google.com/linux/eula.html:
> >
> > "You agree not to modify, adapt, translate, prepare derivative works
> > from, decompile, reverse engineer, disassemble or otherwise attempt to
> > derive source code from the Picasa Software"
> >
> > "The Picasa Software may communicate with Google's servers to check for
> > available updates to the Picasa Software..."
> >
> > "By installing the Picasa Software and not disabling the automated check
> > for Updates, you hereby agree to automatically request and receive
> > Updates from Google's servers."
> >
> > "If you send a request to Google’s servers, we record standard log
> > information, including Internet Protocol addresses and information
> > related to your request. We also log information about the installation
> > process and your system and settings when you download Picasa."
> >
> > Quite high costs for "free software", isn't it?
> >
> > Daniel
>
> All what I can say:
>
> LONG LIVE TO DIGIKAM :)

This is the purpose of opensource software... and this is why i'm motivated to
develop digiKam... and also because i'm passionate by digital photography
(:=)))...

Gilles
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Caulier Gilles wrote:
>>All what I can say:
>>
>>LONG LIVE TO DIGIKAM :)
>
>
> This is the purpose of opensource software... and this is why i'm motivated to
> develop digiKam... and also because i'm passionate by digital photography
> (:=)))...

Couldn't agree more :)

The one thing I think is *really* nice about Picasa tho' is the Timeline
feature. It's rotating views of the various Galleries over time and the
gentle fade of the background is really pretty and a very nice way to
view your photos I think.

This is crying out for a Kipi-plugin based implementation. It should be
fairly easy to do for anyone with some GL prgramming background.

I would love to do this but really don't have that kind of background :(
Perhaps over summer I will find time to learn a little.

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