what is best version

Johannes Kapune (_911) johannes911 at gmx.de
Tue Sep 30 15:38:40 BST 2025


Thanks to clear this up

Am 30.09.25 um 16:11 schrieb Gilles Caulier:
> Hi,
>
> This depends on the usages. We maintain a list of bugs / features
> between versions. Look at the NEWS files here :
>
> https://www.digikam.org/documentation/changelog/
>
> The Flatpak is sandboxed and problematic especially with external data
> than the home dir. It's the same with Snap. Using the AppImage is
> always better and does not have any restriction.
>
> Best regards
>
> Gilles Caulier
>
> Le mar. 30 sept. 2025 à 14:03, Johannes Kapune (_911)
> <johannes911 at gmx.de> a écrit :
>> Hi,
>>
>> by accident I now find 3 different versions of digiKam on my computer.
>>
>> one old one 8.6.0 and 2 new 8.7.0
>>
>> one of the 8.7.0 is installed via tumbleweed update installer but it is
>> flatpak
>>
>> older one I used is appimage.
>>
>> What is best to use? If I use (flatpak) version coming via tumbleweed
>> update installer will I get any kind of problems?
>>
>> Thanks in advanced
>>
>> Johannes
>>
>>
>> Operating System: openSUSE Tumbleweed 20250925
>> KDE Plasma Version: 6.4.5
>> KDE Frameworks Version: 6.18.0
>> Qt Version: 6.9.2
>> Kernel Version: 6.16.8-1-default (64-bit)
>> Graphics Platform: Wayland
>> Processors: 8 × Intel® Core™ i7-4770 CPU @ 3.40GHz
>> Memory: 8 GiB of RAM (7.6 GiB usable)
>> Graphics Processor: Intel® HD Graphics 4600
>> Manufacturer: ASUS
>> Product Name: All Series
>>
>>


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