FREE photo management (and editing) software...

[mwfanelli]

does something better like Picasa and GIMP?

Picassa is very good at what it does.

I have tried The Gimp several times. Each version was sort of OK but any cheap $50-$100 editing program runs rings around it. The biggest problem that Gimp (and other free imaging programs) has is that it is written by computer geeks, not visual arts people. Rarely, this will work. Most of the time, the results just aren't good enough, even for free.

[plugsnpixels]

How about Paint.Net (Windows only)? Not bad for a freebie! I'm mainly a Mac user but with the new Intel Macs I can run Windows on Mac hardware seamlessly. And I'm impressed by the various Windows-only goodies such as this app.