Lightweight photo management app?

Hello,
I have a large collection of photos (>20GB), so a way to manage them is essential and directories aren't good enough.
I need good search by tags and EXIF.
However, I'd like a simple, lightweight tool to do that. I've been through
- digiKam (tons of KDE dependencies, not what I want for a lightweight desktop; WAY too over-the-top for me, lots of features I don't need at all)
- F-Spot (Mono and GNOME dependencies)
- Picasa (depends on Wine and, therefore, doesn't integrate well).
Any suggestions? I don't need any special features like editing or making slideshows or prints, just a robust and efficient way of searching and managing the collection.
Thanks!

Looking for the same thing here are a few other apps I tried:
JBrout(http://code.google.com/p/jbrout/) python: clean simple interface, good search but is missing some features such as geotagging. Also I find the viewer a bit limited
Mapivi http://mapivi.sourceforge.net/mapivi.shtml perl: Clutered Tk interface but a wealth of features including IPTC rating which I haven't found anywhere else yet.
phraymed (https://launchpad.net/phraymd) python: Not really lightweight as it has many gnome depencies. Supposed to become a replacement? for Fspot. Active development.
BlueMarine (http://bluemarine.tidalwave.it/home.html) Java: I haven't tried it out. They say it is supposed to integrate the whole digital photo workflow.
PS: OT but how do you do named links??

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