The new version of Picasa for Linux

Google has released a new version (2.7) of Picasa Image Manager to work in Linux (while in beta). From the changes in this version:
Ability to publish to Picasa Web Albums;
Saving editing results to disk;
Ability to navigate folders "in the style of Explorer";
Improved import;
Improved RAW support;
A number of interface improvements.

See a detailed list of changes and download here.