<div dir="auto">Because of the lag of updates I moved away from ubuntu based distro to Manjaro with KDE, which is user friendly and easy to use/install. The packages are then maintained by Arch and often only a few days after release available.<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Christian </div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">Sveinn í Felli <<a href="mailto:sv1@fellsnet.is">sv1@fellsnet.is</a>> schrieb am Mo., 27. Juni 2022, 17:53:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi Henrik,<br>
<br>
The vanilla software-repositories for Linux Mint and most Ubuntu-based <br>
distros are sometimes lagging seriously behind official digiKam versions.<br>
Fortunately there are enthusiastic packagers who distribute new versions <br>
quite rapidly via PPA-repos, which you can install. I'm using digiKam <br>
7.7.0 on Mint 20.2 via the <a href="http://ppa.launchpad.net/savoury1" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">http://ppa.launchpad.net/savoury1</a> repository.<br>
<br>
Installed through PPA's is considered ”native”.<br>
<br>
best regards,<br>
Sveinn<br>
<br>
<br>
Þann 27.6.2022 14:13, skrifaði Henrik Hemrin:<br>
> Hi,<br>
> <br>
> Help me to understand:<br>
> <br>
> I am not very experienced, I have been tryingg out Linux for a few years and plan to use it as daily driver (to replace macOS). My primary GNU/Linux is Linux Mint. Linux Mint is based on Ubuntu (although there also is a version LMDE based on Debian).<br>
> <br>
> I use the digiKam AppImage. DigiKam exist also in the Mint repository (I mean also as ”native”, not only snap or flat), but relatively old version and I have therefore I have decided to use AppImage. In my experience, digiKam AppImage works well on Ubuntu-based Mint.<br>
> <br>
> VLC, I have installed from Mint repository (”native”, not flat or snap). So on Ubuntubased Mint, I can get VLC without Snap or Flat (I have not checked how up to date the version is).<br>
> <br>
> I have not tried to real question below, if VLC can start from within digiKam or not. Nor have I tried Pop!_OS.<br>
> <br>
> So my concern is why it is difficult to understand for me that I should not use digiKam with any Ubuntubased distro? To me, Mint is generally such a good distro for me, so pity if it is not good for the digiKam application. Will it be better if I go for Debian/Debian based distro?<br>
> <br>
> (This reply is somewhat out of topic of the question from Paul)<br>
> <br>
> Best regards<br>
> Henrik<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
>> 27 juni 2022 kl. 06:31 skrev Maik Qualmann <<a href="mailto:metzpinguin@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">metzpinguin@gmail.com</a>>:<br>
>><br>
>> The problems start that Pop!_OS is based on Ubuntu. Ubuntu does not provide<br>
>> native packages for digiKam. digiKam's snap packages are useless, the snap<br>
>> package format is a sandboxed container. With digiKam in a snap package you<br>
>> hardly have the possibility to access files outside of your home area. Since<br>
>> VLC is also a snap package, it becomes even more difficult to start it. I can't<br>
>> even recommend our AppImage since VLC is only available as a snap package.<br>
>> Look for a modern KF5 plasma based Linux distribution in which digiKam is<br>
>> natively available.<br>
>><br>
>> Maik<br>
>><br>
>> Am Montag, 27. Juni 2022, 02:47:01 CEST schrieb Paul Polillo:<br>
>>> I'm trying to figure out to make videos play in VLC using F4 or "Open<br>
>>> With..." or some other method (I think I saw something about Alt +<br>
>>> Double Click).<br>
>>><br>
>>> I running Pop!_OS. I installed digiKam and VLC via snap. I have tried<br>
>>> everything that my limited experience knows how to do, but the only way<br>
>>> I can get the videos to open in VLC is by right-clicking, "Open With..."<br>
>>> and then selecting Url Handler Script which then opens a window and from<br>
>>> there I have to click on VLC and then the video opens. Too many steps.<br>
>>><br>
>>> Can anyone point me to some instructions on making this work?<br>
>>><br>
>>> I apologize for any ignorance on my end. I recently moved to Linux from<br>
>>> a macOS environment. Trying to give up on big tech. So far digiKam has<br>
>>> been a great alternative to Lightroom.<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>><br>
> <br>
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