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Picasa: New Linux Beta Draws Closer to its Windows Counterpart

By Scott Gilbertson December 10, 2007 Categories: Business, Multimedia, Operating Systems, Software & Tools

picasa.jpgGoogle has released a beta preview of Picasa 2.7 for Linux adding web album integration, more editing features and better RAW support. The new beta still isn’t a native app (much of its code comes from the Windows version and runs via the included Wine components), but it does run considerably faster and the web album features will be welcome news for Picasa Web users.

Despite the improvements, the Linux version of Picasa lags behind its Windows counterpart in a number of areas — there’s still no video support, full-screen slideshows won’t work and many of the blogging features are missing.

That said, Picasa’s RAW support “just works” much better than any of the other options I’ve tried, and it remains (even as a beta) quite snappy and stable.

Here’s the complete list of what’s new in the Picasa 2.7 beta for Linux:

  • Upload to Picasa Web Albums — Use the new “Web Album” button to post your best photos online to share with friends and family.
  • Save edits to disk — Save edits, undo saves, and revert to the original file with ease. We’ve got batch saving too! Picasa will even match the jpeg quality of the original. Right-click on your saved files to try the new “locate original” feature.
  • Folder hierarchy views — Browse through folders Explorer-style. Use the button at the top of your Albums List to try them out.
  • Improvements to Import — Import into an existing folder- we know you’ve wanted this feature for a long time! We’ve made importing photos from your camera faster too.
  • Better RAW support — Now you can work with RAW files from the Canon 30D, the Nikon D200, Adobe DNG files, and more.
  • Many other enhancements — Larger thumbnails, better caption editing, ability to configure the row of buttons, special “Starred Photos” album, search by ISO and focal length.

Linux still lacks a really good iPhoto-style app, but Picasa is getting there. If you’re opposed to proprietary apps, other options include F-Spot, DigiKam, imgSeek, GQview and more.

[via Google Operating System]

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