Project 13C: Installing Picasa
It wouldn't be right to dedicate a whole chapter to Linux's graphical capabilities without mentioning one of the newest entries in the Linux application arena—Picasa. Those of you coming from the Windows and Mac worlds are no doubt familiar with this very popular image-viewing, organizing, and editing application from Google, and you will no doubt be pleased to discover that it is available for Linux. Picasa is not an open source application, which may cause some Linux diehards to turn away, but it is free, feature rich, nice to look at, and decidedly cool (Figure 13-12). It also gives you easy access to various online photo blogs, photo finishers, and product providers, such as PhotoStamps, Shutterfly, Kodak, and ...
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