Bev, you might want to try following the instructions on this Ubuntu
Geek page (http://preview.tinyurl.com/yco98oz ) and see if they don't
work for you....

Henri

On May 8, 8:46 pm, The Real Bev <[email protected]> wrote:
> rnh16 wrote:
> > thx :)
>
> > On May 6, 8:11 pm, Patrick Shanahan <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> * rnh16 <[email protected]> [05-06-10 12:48]:
>
> >> > I was wondering why the Linux version of Picasa is so outdated..
>
> >> Well, there is no *linux* version of Picasa, outdated or no.  The
> >> version destined for linux is a windoz version with a *tweaked* wine
> >> install.
>
> >> > Seeing the differences between the Windows and the Linux clients, I would
> >> > rather run an up-to-date, fully-featured version of Picasa via Wine than
> >> > keep on using a version that does't ever seem to get new features or get
> >> > updated to newer versions.
>
> >> Which is what you should use as that is essentially what you get anyway.
>
> >> latest picasa running under wine reports:
> >>   Picasa Version 3.6.0 (Build 95.1800.0)for Linux.
> >> (picasa36-setup.exe on openSUSE 11.2 x86_64)
>
> OK, I give up.  The only things I use wine for are google earth and picasa,
> although I installed notepad just to see if I could. So do I just download the
> windows version and type 'wine whateverthewindowsversionis'?
>
> I'm running slackware with fvwm95.
>
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