Starting again with DigiKam beginners help requested.

[plowmail2010 at gmail.com]

Please accept my sympathy.  Onward...

Off on a slight tangent --
My mantra is "Backup!"
Then backup again.
Then play with DigiKam.

Bob


On 8/4/2023 7:55 AM, Budge wrote:
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> 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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