Or a Scientologist....
Posted on 05/26/2006 7:54:42 AM PDT by N3WBI3
Picasa is a photo organizing and editing tool from Google that does most of what most people need to do with their digital pictures. Now Picasa, previously a Windows-only program, has binaries available for most popular GNU/Linux distributions. The Linux version of Picasa is still a beta release, but it's ready to handle photo storage, organizing, and light photo editing on your Linux computer.
Even if you don't want to use Picasa, Google's creation of the Linux version may help make your Linux computer more versatile. The Picasa Linux port is being made with Wine, and in the process more than 100 patches are being contributed back to the community.
Google spokesperson Chris DiBona says, "At the end of this, a lot of people will be able to use Wine who weren't able to before."
Google hired CodeWeavers to do much of the work needed to get Picasa to run on Linux with Wine, but long-time Wine community contributor Dan Kegel also helped; he works for Google.
According to DiBona, the Picasa Linux beta release currently lacks these features:
* CD Burning * TiVo Export * Support for languages other than English * Hello™ instant picture chat
Picasa does not work with SELinux due to problems with camera recognition caused by SELinux's security features.
DiBona cautions all downloaders: "This is a beta version. We're expecting bugs." But he also says that, except for the features specifically noted as not working, this is a fully-functional program, ready for everyday use.
And again, even if you have no interest in Picasa, it looks like even those of us who haven't tried Wine in a while should start keeping an eye on it again. The Google-contributed code may mean a whole new level of functionality for anyone who must use "Windows-only" software but wants to run nothing but GNU/Linux on his or her PC.
Picasa is available here for these GNU/Linux distributions:
* Debian Sid and Etch * Fedora Core 4 and 5 * Mandriva 2005 and 2006 * Red Hat (current versions) * Linspire 5.0 * SUSE 9.3 and 10 * Ubuntu 5.x
LOL!!
So here comes the Jim Rome ping list dude. Like you have any more clue than the political science flunky LOL. At least you kids are standing up for one another, have to when you always have your facts wrong though.
LOL
damn you're SO predictable
"here comes the Jim Rome pinglist dude"
LOL
what a moron!!!!!!
More occult signs to go with your blasphemous tagline. Go ahead and claim you're God now again too.
No thanks, I'll wait until AFTER you claim to be an expert on computer science...
Your dedication to the Jim Rome ping list is a perfect example of your shallowness. All you can do is insult and talk trash like that bozo, your "hero" LMAO!
Proving once again youre clueless,
You dont emulate an API you impliment it..
Hey--if you don't like Jim, don't listen to him...
"All you can do is insult and talk trash like that bozo"
Projection's a scary thing, eh?
No you emmulate windows by providing a compatible API framework for the app to talk to. You're as clueless as these punk kids apparently, probably not much older.
Again. Wine Is NOT an Emulator.
VMware, BasiliskII (68k Mac), PearPC (current PowerPC), SheepShaver (early PowerPC), and QEMU are emulators--they contain hardware simulation (including the appropriate processors) as well.
Wine only provides enough of an implementation to run Windows executables and programs on Linux. There isn't any hardware simulation in Wine.
LOL they're emulating windows software, not hardware. Do you even know the difference? LMAO at the idiocy on display.
It's apparent you don't.
An emulator simulates hardware. A compatibilty layer enables crossover between platforms of the same hardware (e.g. CxO between Linux host and Windows software)
Wine doesn't have hardware simulation. Therefore, it is not a true emulator.
As soon as I saw that this thread had more than 50 posts, I knew GE was in here stirring up more sh!+. What must it be like to live your life waiting to disrupt OSS threads? Such a shallow existence, sort of like a dung fly.
LMAO, it's a good thing you're a liberal arts major and not in engineering. "Hardware emulation" is only one type of emulation, there's also "software emulation", or even "hybrid". Search Yahoo for "software emulation" why don't cha, there's only 149,000 hits you somehow never heard of.
What part of "compatibility layer" do you not understand?
Even my twelve-year-old brother knows not only how to use Wine, but how it works...
Sheesh. RTFM, troll.
Or a Scientologist....
LOLOL
Maybe he's a bot!
We had a heck of a time earlier today...;)
Mike and I are thinking of "upping the dosage," if you get my drift...8^)
So let me guess, you two amatuers would like to claim there's no such thing as software emulation as well? LOL this is hilarious!
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