[CentOS] Picasa vs. native photo management apps

Niki Kovacs wrote:
> Are there some tasks one performs with Picasa that one can't perform 
> with these native programs? Or is there some other well-made photo 
> management software that you can recommend as a replacement for Picasa?

Picasa makes managing webalbums on http://picasa.google.com/  really 
really easy.    thats its main function.  everything else is icing.