[Digikam-users] Access from Linux and Windows

[Robert Steffens]

I have the same Problem, does someone know a Solution?

> Hi all!
>
> I’m just testing digiKam a little bit and I like it J
>
> I have a fileserver with my pictures and an nfs/samba-server on it.
>
> I would like to access my collection from both Linux and Windows, but
> for windows I’d prefer samba, on linux nfs.
>
> So I would end up in two different album-roots:
>       on samba: //fileserver/MyPictures/…
>
>       on nfs: /srv/mymmountpointToNfsShare/MyPictures/…
>
>       For digiKam-database I’d take an mysql-server (accessible from
> both windows and linux)
>
> The path beyond MyPictures would be the same. So what I would need is
> two (or more) alternative albumroots which describe just one album.
>
> An alternative would be to use a virtal machine on my windows box …
>
> Perhaps someone had a similar problem.
>
> I hope you got me, if not feel free to ask.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Harald