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<p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">Please accept my
sympathy. Onward...<br>
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<p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">Off on a slight
tangent --<br>
My mantra is "Backup!"<br>
Then backup again.<br>
Then play with DigiKam.</font></p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">Bob</font></p>
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serif">On 8/4/2023 7:55 AM, Budge wrote:<br>
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face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">I am trying to start again
using DigiKam after several years of no use at all (illness in
family and no leisure time!). Since then I have had to make
changes hardware etc. since I last touched DigiKam so have lost
my original database.
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All the pictures I can find have been preserved in digital
picture files in subdirectories by source, ie. scanned
negatives and direct digital images. The library is not large
and none what I would call professional but the total number
would be several thousand but they are no yet in any database.
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I am seeking help and advice please on how best to build my
database and where it should be saved. Do I keep the
subdirectories as separate databases or lump them all together.
Do I store the working database on my workstation or on NAS.
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My operating system is openSUSE, at present Leap 15.5 with KDE
desktop and my NAS devices are Qnap with LAN connection all on
private subnet.
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I have a printed copy of the DigiKam Handbook but suspect it
needs update info. The copyright page goes up to 2018 and the
Getting Started page shows digiKam 5.2.0.
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I shall install digiKam on my system and I am starting my
reading revision but is there any initial advice going forward
please?
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