[Digikam-users] New User: is digiKam right for me? and if not, what alternative?

[Yan Seiner]

Yuval Levy wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I've just installed digiKam on ubuntu 7.10 for a test drive.
>   $ sudo apt-get install digikam
>
> I am PC-proficient, though my experience with Linux is limited. I run a 
> few FreeBSD servers, and on the desktop I am still mostly using Windows, 
> although I have been dual booting with ubuntu for about a year, I can 
> find my way around, and I intend to switch away from Windows one day.
>
> Photography-wise, I have an archive of approximately 600GB. I shoot 
> almost exclusively RAW. The files are well sorted. All I need is an 
> application to quickly browse through my existing folders, display the 
> RAWs efficiently, and pass them to another application for conversion / 
> editing / whatever.
>   

It sounds like you want something like gthumb - which is what I use for 
browsing images.  I don't know if gthumb supports RAW - I use 
high-quality jpeg mostly because I don't have to worry about conversion 
outside the camera.

digikam is for downloading cameras + more.


--Yan