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On Tue, 2010-12-21 at 10:53 +0000, Mark Greenwood wrote:<BR>
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With respect, it's abundantly clear to anybody who does some research before comitting to a platform to work on. In this specific case, a quick Google of 'Digikam Nikon D90 Ubuntu' brought up plenty of references to the speed problem. Even the most knowledge-less newbie could have drawn some conclusions from that - like maybe not to bother trying Ubuntu.
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I don't know about others but, I certainly didn't forsake widoze for Ubuntu just because I knew digiKam was available here. Discovering the program *after* arriving here was a very pleasant surprise. <BR>
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> That's when users face problems like this, which they aren't qualified to solve, and wouldn't have got involved with if they suspected what was coming.
I don't mean to sound rude. We make our own decisions and we should make sure they are informed ones, then we won't find ourselves moaning about how things weren't made clear to us.
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Here's a Newb perspective: <BR>
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Some of us are willing to enter into situations which we know are chock full of evil monsters if we also know that there is a worthwhile reward waiting for us at the end. After using digiKam with my simple Point'n'Shoot, I became very impressed by its capabilities. It was only when I finally purchased my Nikon DSLR that I encountered the infuriating exiv2-related problems. Learning that others had successfully overcome these issues was my light at the end of the tunnel. The "moaning" was the result of feeling quite alone in a world where I was unable to speak the language of its residents. I'm sure that the frustration was a two-way street. .With the help of some very generous people here, I was finally able to sort it out.<BR>
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I suppose that I also find "moaning" to be distasteful. There are a great many proficient Linux users who, I am convinced, feel that this is no place at all for Windoze- refugee Newbs. I often see such moaning in response to very-basic-to-you but major-to-us questions. Indeed, often the responses are disdainful and sometimes even rude. It seems that the only reason for them to even reply to a question is to throw their superiority into the face of the under dogs Luckily, just like in any society, those bullies rank in the minority. <BR>
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Thank-you again to everybody who showed patience and understanding during this process <IMG SRC="cid:1292941869.2607.42.camel@hevii-NtBk-1" ALIGN="middle" ALT=":-)" BORDER="0">
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