This whole tread is entertaining, especially if you take into consideration that Google is a Linux only shop!
Funny that Google is not supporting the system they use exclusively. Wonder if they will bring it out for Android. On Apr 23, 10:19 pm, Garthhh <gchoy...@gmail.com> wrote: > Oh I'm not afraid of wine, just not willing to waste my time, never had any > thing work with wine [yes I know picasa always used an emulator] for an > extended period of time > yes I'm using KDE, I need the workspace behavior > moved from ubun to Mageia > after a few bumps from not being familiar with kde [been using gnome] > the package is more complete, there is a price in performance ... > just like everything these days, incomplete documentation :D > > > > > > > > On Saturday, April 21, 2012 10:01:41 AM UTC-7, Stephen Allen wrote: > > > You're afraid of WINE but chose to install all the KDE Libs just to use > > digikam? Those binaries are far more larger than WINE. OK if you're already > > using KDE but not if one isn't. > > > On Sat, Apr 21, 2012 at 11:23 AM, Garthhh wrote: > > >> Nice of them to bother to tell us oh a month after the fact > >> being wine phobic > >> I've moved to digikam, which has reasonably good integration with G+ > >> the facial recognition & geotagging stuff is there, I don't use them so I > >> have know idea if it works > >> this group has no official affiliation with Google, so will continue as > >> long as it's active > > >> On Saturday, April 21, 2012 7:29:23 AM UTC-7, mhenriday wrote: > > >>> Den fredagen den 20:e april 2012 kl. 21:50:56 UTC+2 skrev leiz: > > >>>>http://googleblog.blogspot.**com/2012/04/spring-cleaning-** > >>>> in-spring.html<http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2012/04/spring-cleaning-in-spring.html> > >>>> says: > > >>>> "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." > > >>>> Also: > > >>>> "Starting today, the Picasa Web Albums Uploader for Mac and Picasa Web > >>>> Albums Plugin for iPhoto will no longer be available for download. > >>>> People can continue to use the uploader and plugin if they are > >>>> installed. However, we’ll no longer maintain these tools. We strongly > >>>> encourage people to download Picasa 3.9 for Mac, which includes upload > >>>> and iPhoto import features." > > >>>> On Apr 2, 2:13 pm, OpenCage <openca...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>>> >http://picasa.google.com/**linux/shows<http://picasa.google.com/linux/shows>404 > >>>> > error. > > >>> «As we continue to enhance Picasa, it has become difficult to maintain > >>> parity on the Linux version.» Which, of course, is to be translated as > >>> follows «Some beancounter estimated that it might cost a few extra pennies > >>> to update, so we, in our poverty and great need, felt constrained to > >>> quite. > >>> Thank you and good night and God Bless whatever....» > > >>> Oh well, by this time most of us do know how to install and run the > >>> latest Picasa versions for Windows via Wine and those who don't can always > >>> seek help here - *id est*, until this group also becomes «deprecated», > >>> as the phrase goes.... > > >>> Henri > > >> -- > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > >> "Google-Labs-Picasa-for-Linux" group. > >> To view this discussion on the web visit > >>https://groups.google.com/d/msg/google-labs-picasa-for-linux/-/30F-y4... > >> . > > >> To post to this group, send email to > >> google-labs-picasa-for-linux@googlegroups.com. > >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >> google-labs-picasa-for-linux+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > >> For more options, visit this group at > >>http://groups.google.com/group/google-labs-picasa-for-linux?hl=en. > > > -- > > Best Regards, > > Stephen Allen -- 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 google-labs-picasa-for-linux@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to google-labs-picasa-for-linux+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-labs-picasa-for-linux?hl=en.
