Picasa for Kubuntu - Thanks Google!
I religiously use Picasa on my computer to manage my digital pictures. I have been trying out a few things on Kubuntu but did not find anything as cool as Picasa. I tried using digiKam, showFoto but none of them came close to the beauty and power of Picasa. Well; looks like my search for a Picasa replacement is over in Kubuntu. Google labs has introduced a native Linux version. It runs and looks just like the Windows version; and trust me, in this case that is a good thing. 
The whole thing downloaded and installed in seconds; thanks to the nice packaging job Google did.