[Digikam-users] Best LInux distro for my needs?

[Bruce Marshall]

On Thursday, September 02, 2010, Paul Verizzo wrote:
> You may recall that I'm going to probably use an old computer dedicated to
> digiKam on Linux - that's how much I love this thing! - in order to gain
> stability and faster updates.  I don't recall the specifics, but it's an
> older, slower machine.  It runs Windows 2000 OK, but the USB is 1.0, so
> that gives you some clue as to hardware level.  It will have to do for
> now.
> 
>  So, what's the best distro for me?  First, minimal overhead on the
> computer.  I'm thinking one of the KDE based laptop or netbook distros. 
> Does that make sense?  Second, ability to do updates without compiling, a
> Debian based program I presume.  I see even the much vaunted Ubuntu in the
> latest version has it's issues getting the latest DK. 
> 
>  And no, dual boot isn't the solution.  I want to be able to use the rest
> of my computer while working in DK, to say nothing of the new partition
> thing. 
> 
>  Remember, my question is "What is best for me?", not "What is your
> favorite distro?"
> 
>  Thanks!
> 
>  Paul

IMHO, I would run kubuntu (ubuntu with KDE), but once that is installed I 
would install XFCE or one of the other low-overhead window managers.

That's what I am running on this hunga  amd64 machine with lots of memory and 
disk space.   

I haven't had any problems with digikam under kubuntu  10.4