"As many of you already know, Shotwell will replace
F-Spot in the next Ubuntu release, Maverick Meerkat, which is
scheduled for October 10. Shotwell is a GTK photo management
application which organizes your photos in a collection, allows
them to be tagged and rated, and more.
"This article is about Shotwell 0.7.2, the latest release, which
is included now on the beta release of Ubuntu Maverick. Here are
its most important features:
- import photos from F-Spot or from a folder
- view detailed meta info about photos
- set ratings and tags
- filter image"