Sharing digikam on Linux dual boot

[Dougie Nisbet]

I’ve re-installed my desktop. Dual-boot Debian bookworm and Fedora workstation. My photos are on a separate SSD. About 600GB. 

Normally on a new install I configure digikam to store its config and database in my home directory. I believe the default is to store the db in the parent of the images directory. 

Is it feasible, easy or wise to run digikam against the same image directory from either OS? I was thinking that if the images directory structure is identical and the db is stored there, and I run the same dk appimage on each OS, that it could work. 

Before I explore going down this route are there good reasons not to do this that I haven’t thought about? It’s a nice to have but if it’s bad practice I won’t pursue it. 

Dougie