Picasa for Linux

[Marco Cabizza]

Il giorno lun, 29/05/2006 alle 14.24 +0100, James Hall ha scritto:
> The average Joe doesn't care if it's using GTK, QT or Wine API's. Wine
> should be a first class citizen on Ubuntu.

We're not talking about GTK or QT. We are talking about a total lack of
performance.

>  Sure, it looks a bit out of
> place and some discredit it because it's "emulation" but the Windows API
> is used in the vast majority of commercial desktop software and if we
> can't make them integrate with our desktop like native GTK/QT apps then
> we are missing out on a huge opportunity.

We are not missing anything, we want to provide a better desktop, nobody
wants a rip-off from Windows. We all know - yes, and it's true - that
the Linux desktop in its current state is light years above the Windows
Desktop, think about little things like the virtual desktops, the
easiest way _ever_ to install most software you need, the quantity of
software you may get from the Internet, like, a single package for the
codecs with plenty of documentation for it. And now we've got all this
Xgl goodness, which Windows is still far away to get.

> In an "ideal world" we'd want all our apps written using GTK or QT for
> KDE folk but developers with an existing Windows application aren't
> going to do that - 'emulation' is the best chance we have at getting
> mainstream acceptance for Linux. I know many people who will prefer a
> GTK-based app over a QT equivalent simply because it uses GTK, not on
> features. You'll find my girlfriend couldn't give two monkeys and use
> the one she prefers based on features and ease of use.

Ease of use. Right. F-spot is the right choice.

> In conclusion - we *have* to make Wine-based ports as easy as possible
> to install and configure since they are valuable tools that Windows-folk
> are already familiar with. Why should people care how it was written or
> what libraries and API's it uses?

Windows folks should start finding familiar what we have as 90% people
using Linux have until now. If I want to write a document I don't want
to use wine + MSoffice, full stop.

And please, PLEASE, don't tell me Picasa is the most useful software
ever. I mean, lots of people who *know what they're doing* more than I
do[1] have already suggested F-Spot. Picasa has already got an
alternative. We should probably worry about CAD softare and videogames,
rather than carrying on the Picasa argument :)

Take care
~marco

[1] http://rlove.org/log/2006052601.html
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