Picasa 3.9 in Kubuntu 11.10
Install latest wine:
http://wiki.winehq.org/picasa
Install wininet:
winetricks wininet
Install MSIE6 for G+ compatibility: see
http://appdb.winehq.org/appview.php?versionId=469
and
https://groups.google.com/a/googleproductforums.com/forum/#!category-topic/picasa/picasa-for-windows/avcsAC920Hw
Override stock winetricks with latest winetricks for old MSIE6 needed for G+ authentication:
http://winetricks.org/winetricks
winetricks -q ie6
Install Picasa 3.9 from
http://dl.google.com/picasa/picasa39-setup.exe
If you want, copy over your old facetags database:
http://www.sites.google.com/site/picasaresources/faq#TOC-How-do-I-transfer-my-face-tags-from