Google bought Picasa a while back, & that was an excellent move on their part, as Picasa is first class software. On the Windows platform, Picasa is really the best there is in its class: photo & image management. Heck, there's an argument to be made that it's even better than iPhoto on Mac OS. Now Google has gotten Picasa to work on Linux through the wondrous magic of WINE; in fact, they've contributed over 100 patches to the WINE project, which is just totally cool. Quit reading me, & head over to the Picasa for Linux page, & download & install that sucker!

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Very cool this one is. Gmail a good emailer, yes. Use as GNOME's default, you can. "Using Gmail as GNOME's default mailer" you should read now. Simple script, easy configuration. Clicking on email link now opens Gmail, yes. Later you thank me.

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