I have been using Linux (Ubuntu) for a few years now but I would not consider myself a 'power user'. I have been having some problems with Digikam, no show stoppers but annoying none the less. The last was with thumbnails for videos. I had looked into Philip's PPA in the past but I was leery of using it - it seemed to have a lot of stuff in it that did not seem to be directly associated with Digikam. I was afraid that something might get 'broken' and I would have a major effort to put things back together again should anything go wrong.<div>
<br></div><div>I finally did it today and I must say I was very happy with the results. Not only no problems (the thumbnail issue was resolved), but I got the new version of Gimp as well.</div><div><br></div><div>A vote of thanks to everyone involved with Digikam 2.7 and Philp for making it easily available to Ubuntu users.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Max Bedacht<br><div><br></div><div><br> </div></div>