Picasa for Linux… in the US

In an Amazon-like oddity, Google have released a version of their image organiser, Picasa, for Linux. But the download page is apparently only available from within the United States! What’s that about? Here’s the digg, view the comments for workarounds:

Google Releases Picasa For Linux:

Goggle is further embracing the open-source community by developing one of their most popular applications, the Picasa picture organizer, for the Linux platform. Way to go Google!

O’Reilly Responds

Well, apparently he’s on holiday, but the person that writes his blog for him responded for him. A little remorse, but a weak (imho useless) response. Fiver says O’Reilly’s on the way to a computer right now. I hope he’s got his apologisin’ hat on.