[Digikam-users] OS X?

[Chris Duffy]

My desktop is ubuntu 10.04- but my laptop is actually my work machine,  
and I need OS X for work. I agree with everyone on the free software  
route, but in this case I have no choice on the underlying os. I'd  
really like digiKam on the lappy so I can work on my photos from it-  
I'll probably keep the actual files and DB on the ubuntu box.

Thanks for the pointers so far. I should be able to put some time into  
a build this coming week. I hope to build a package for other mac  
users (such as my wife, who runs a photo business with Aperture).


On May 30, 2010, at 6:05 PM, gerlos <gerlosgm at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> Il giorno 30/mag/2010, alle ore 23.18, Vlado Plaga ha scritto:
>
>> But have you tried using Linux on your Mac? I mainly need Mac OS for
>> the Adobe Flash plugin, for 3D acceleration, and for the "sleep" mode
>> (standby) - all of which should also work with Linux on newer, i.e.
>> Intel Macs.
>
>
> Maybe I'm slightly OT if I say that latest Kubuntu, 10.4, runs  
> wonderfully on my Macbook Pro 5.5 (almost "out of the box"), and I  
> run Digikam on it.
> I don't like proprietary software, but I did a compromise and  
> installed the wireless and the nvidia proprietary driver (to get 3D  
> acceleration) and adobe flash plugin, and everything runs  
> wonderfully: my macbook pro goes to sleep mode when I close the lid  
> and restores as I open it, just takes some seconds more than Os X.
>
> Still, Kubuntu seems to use just a little more power than Os X (I  
> measured it since I needed to know how long will my battery last),  
> and the multi-touvh touchpad works but it's not as comfortable as in  
> Os X (but I prefer using a bluetooth mighty mouse, anyway).
>
> See: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MacBookPro
> Hope it will be useful.
>
> regards
> gerlos
>
>
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