Patrick, releasing an updated Picasa package for Linux would have one great advantage for new Linux users - simplicity and ease of installation. Unfortunately, I suspect you are correct in that Google decided that this user segment was not of sufficient interest that the resources (we had, for example, really great Google guides on this forum) involved in maintaining the updates was justified. But it wouldn't be a bad idea if, as a sort of compensation for abandoning the project, Google could link to a how-to for Linux users which explained how to install Picasa for Windows under Wine....
Henri On Jul 19, 2:38 pm, Patrick Shanahan <[email protected]> wrote: > * R <[email protected]> [07-19-10 03:08]: > > > Winehttp://www.winehq.org, has updated to 1.2. > > I think is a good time to make a new package of the last version of > > Picasa (3.6) for Linux. > > > Is there any plan to release a new version of Picasa for Linux? > > I believe linux specific development of picasa ceased with the last > issued beta package. The "linux" version was just a "tweaked" version of > wine packaged with the (maybe tweeked) windows version of picasa, there > is really no reason to continue linux development. iianm, there was no > intention to build a native linux version anyway. > > The latest windows version of picasa, 3.6, installs and runs fine with > the recent wine versions. Try it, you will see little difference to the > older "linux" versions other than improved functionality. > > -- > Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA HOG # > US1244711http://wahoo.no-ip.org Photo Album: > http://wahoo.no-ip.org/gallery2 > Registered Linux User #207535 �...@http://counter.li.org -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google-Labs-Picasa-for-Linux" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-labs-picasa-for-linux?hl=en.
