![]() If you do not already have a Picasa Web Albums account, the app will take you to the signup page - a process you must go through even if you already have a Google Account for use with the company’s other services. The Web Albums button lets you export photos to your online account within the app itself, including adding to and creating new albums, resizing images, editing descriptions, and marking public or private visibility. The marquee addition in this release is support for Picasa Web Albums, Google’s online photo sharing service. Whether you use the repo or download and install the application standalone, the installer will try to detect any previous version of Picasa on your system and replace it, preserving your settings and images. Currently Picasa 2.7 is the only package offered through the repo, but adding it to your machine’s package manager is a surefire way to make sure you don’t miss out when Google unveils something new for Linux users. Instructions are available for adding the repository to both package managers. ![]() The Debian packages are available in two versions, one for 32-bit Intel and one for AMD64 both should work on Debian itself and Ubuntu.Ī new installation option is Google’s Testing Repository, a public package repository that can deliver updates automatically via APT or yum. The RPMs are touted as working on 32-bit Intel and AMD64 versions of Red Hat, Fedora, SUSE, and Mandriva. You can download prepackaged binaries in RPM or Debian format. ![]() Picasa remains the only Google app which is unavailable for Mac OS X, a fact you can brag about to your Apple-loving friends.Īs with previous versions of Picasa on Linux, this release bundles a customized version of the Wine Windows compatibility layer automatically installed inside the app, freeing you from the burden of maintaining a working Wine installation and from worrying about Picasa’s compatibility whenever upstream Wine is installed. This beta release is a preview of Picasa 2.7, which will bring the Linux version of the application up to speed with the Windows edition. If you haven’t tried it before, now is the time. The new release adds some important features for image browsing, image searching, and creative image export. Google has released a public beta of its Picasa photo organizer for Linux.
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