Google A clean-up has begun within the projects that have been maintained so far, and among those that ended up in the garbage is Picasa for GNU / Linux.
At google blog you can see the official announcement:
we launched a WINE-based version of Picasa for Linux in 2006 as a Google Labs project. As we continue to enhance Picasa, it has become difficult to maintain parity on the Linux version. So today, we're deprecating Picasa for Linux and will not be maintaining it moving forward. Users who have downloaded and installed older versions of Picasa for Linux can continue to use them, though we won't be making any further updates.
Which more or less translates to something like this:
In 2006 we released a version of Picasa based on WINE as a project of Google Labs. As we continue to improve Picasa, it has become difficult to maintain parity in the version for Linux. So today, we are throwing away Picasa for Linux. Users who have downloaded and installed previous versions of Picasa for Linux they can continue to use them, although we will not release any subsequent updates.
You really don't have to make a drama out of this, since in GNU / Linux we have similar applications like Shotwell for Gnome y digiKam for KDE, but hey, whatever it is, it is a limitation for all those users who want to use Picasa en Linux.
Look, I said they were bastards, but you were fucking funny
Although I have never used it, when it works with wine, it won't work on linux (the windows version)?
Or did google do circus, rope and theater to make it work?
I guess so, but without Wine it was much cleaner.
It was a disgusting application, look that they could have done it with a little code in qt and they start to do it with wine, lazy lazy lazy, we will have to make a third-party application, but I think there are better services than this.
As long as the Windows version under wine continues to work well….
Greetings.
The truth is I never used that program so I don't see what the drama is XD
A good good option could be Pinta 1.2
Pinta is for editing, like Gimp or Krita, Picasa is of the Shotwell and digiKam type, manage and edit.
I used Picasa at the time to upload the photos to my album, but for a while now I ended up programming an uploader in Python and Google's libraries.
They may no longer provide support, but with their API I think someone would program something
curious your user anget.
Gwenview has that option to import / export to picasa.
Gthumb also has the ability, both to upload to flickr, as picasa and several others.
PS: sieg84 the useragent is that of a Nintendo DS
Almost right, it's from the Nintendo 3DS.
If it were the NDS, the Opera logo would surely appear
We do not lose anything, the version of picasa for linux was non-smoking
I had no idea that it was a version of Wine, but it seemed strange to me how Windows 98 it looked, honestly it was one of the worst applications for Linux, ugly, slow, heavy, etc. Since I have my photos folder synced with Spideroak, I don't use Picasa web, so I won't miss it.
I stay in time with gimp and manage the images locally. Never use this program. Not even in the times I was on the dark side. It is that you cannot give place or interest to every shit that a company proposes. There is so much useful to learn in the world of free software !!! (and i'm so lazy)
Good!
Sorry to relive this post, but I am a Picasa user. In the blog I have not seen any guide to install this application.
Here you have a Link for all those who want to install it.
- http://www.webupd8.org/2012/01/install-picasa-39-in-linux-and-fix.html
Greetings.