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Google Removes Picasa for Linux Downloads

Posted by mypapit on 27 May 2006 in Internet Stuff

After making a pre-beta lab release for Picasa for Linux, Google decided to pull it out from it’s website. The software which is still in pre-beta uses Wine internally, and much of the work to port Picasa was done by CodeWeavers team.

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Update : It seems that Google put Picasa for Linux download page back

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1. lotso Said:
   May 27th, 2006 at 3:51 am

   Huh?? I’ve already downloaded it.

   Website appears fine.

2. mypapit Said:
   May 27th, 2006 at 12:57 pm

   It seems that they put it back, the page gives a Google 404 yesterday

3. planet malaysia Said:
   May 27th, 2006 at 1:31 pm

   Google still miss out good web photo management software tools like flikr.

4. Planet Malaysia Blog » Blog Archive » Google Web Photo Management Software? Said:
   May 27th, 2006 at 3:22 pm

   [...] Both of us agreed that Google really need a good web photo management software like flickr. I was using Picasa on my Windows desktop before but why not Linux. [...]

5. UNDP-APDIP International Open Source Network - Spam Mail & Procmail Said:
   May 27th, 2006 at 5:41 pm

   [...] planetmyoss Yusmar Yahaya: pathways  2006-05-27 Ikmal Ahmad: File system change.  2006-05-26 Muhd Najmi A Zabidi  2006-05-26 Mohammad Hafiz bin Ismail: Google Removes Picasa for Linux Downloads  2006-05-26 Mohd Irwan Jamaluddin: Hari Ini Dalam Sejarah – RHCE  2006-05-26 More…     The IOSN portal is partially funded by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) of Canada. [...]

6. yazid Said:
   May 27th, 2006 at 5:42 pm

   Not to worry, moreoever it just pre-beta lab release which is might be not too stable.