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Re:Google Shuts Down Patent Search Homepage, Picasa for Linu... by jamesaguilar on Friday April 20, 2012 @06:25PM (#3870068)
Telling of what? How few people use it, or . . .?
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Re:Google Shuts Down Patent Search Homepage, Picasa for Linu... by rhizome on Friday April 20, 2012 @11:17PM (#3870767)
It is lame because a company like Google should be able to provide a Linux version of its perfectly serviceable photo organization and basic editing app. I know they don't have to do what I want them to do, but "pfft...", y'know?
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Re:Google Shuts Down Patent Search Homepage, Picasa for Linu... by alaskamiller on Friday April 20, 2012 @06:26PM (#3870074)
Commitment to excellence.
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Re:Google Shuts Down Patent Search Homepage, Picasa for Linu... by jamesaguilar on Friday April 20, 2012 @06:30PM (#3870090)
I disagree that Linux as a supported platform is a significant indicator of excellence.
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Re:Google Shuts Down Patent Search Homepage, Picasa for Linu... by ticks on Friday April 20, 2012 @10:19PM (#3870645)
Support for all three platforms is a requirement for me (and most other developers I know) these days, it's one of the reasons why I haven't bought various standard tools including Photoshop... yet use Filezilla, Gimp, Sublime Text 2, Firefox, Thunderbird, Open Office, Clementine, etc.
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Re:Google Shuts Down Patent Search Homepage, Picasa for Linu... by Produce on Saturday April 21, 2012 @08:10AM (#3871598)
Holy crap, Clementine is on Windows and I didn't even know it. In case anyone else needs it - http://clementine-player.googlecode.com/files/ClementineSetu...
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Re:Google Shuts Down Patent Search Homepage, Picasa for Linu... by jamesaguilar on Saturday April 21, 2012 @02:50AM (#3871156)
For dev tools, maybe. Personal photo apps? Let's be realistic here, developers are a tiny, tiny portion of the target market.
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Re:Google Shuts Down Patent Search Homepage, Picasa for Linu... by laconian on Friday April 20, 2012 @06:39PM (#3870117)
IIRC it ran through Wine, it wasn't really supported or excellent to begin with.
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