Re: Is F-spot similar to digikam? Both are photo managers.

[Christopher Hoskin <christopher hoskin gmail com>]

I've built f-spot packages which allow f-spot to be installed on
recent Ubuntu releases:

https://launchpad.net/~christopher-hoskin/+archive/ubuntu/f-spot

This is done by forward porting the old unmaintained packages that
f-spot depends on.

I wouldn't recommend it to anyone not already using f-spot, but if
(like me) you have an existing f-spot database that you want to
continue working with then it works well enough.

Use at your own risk, and make sure you have good backups before installing.

Christopher

On Tue, 26 Jul 2022 at 08:02, kenneth.westelinck--- via f-spot-list
<f-spot-list gnome org> wrote:
> I also liked f-spot since a long time ago, it was the default photo manager in Ubuntu (between 2005 and 
> 2008 ?). Somewhere in 2012 it became increasingly difficult to install the latest released version (which 
> was somewhere in 2010) on a modern linux distro (also see: 
> https://kennywest.blogspot.com/2012/05/f-spot-dead.html). So when I installed my new PC, I switched to 
> digikam. If you have an existing collection in f-spot, it should be fairly easy to migrate it to digikam.
>
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> Verzonden: Maandag 25 juli 2022 19:28:48
> Onderwerp: Re: Is F-spot similar to digikam? Both are photo managers.
>
> On 2022.07.24 23:52, Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming via f-spot-list
> wrote:
> > Is Shotwell the better and emerging photo manager?
>
> That is a personal decision, there are no absolute ansers.  I
> personally still like F-Spot, but I would not recommend it now for a
> new user, although there is some current development work going on, and
> I hope it will return to a more active and supported status in the near
> future.
>
> To choose a photo manager, you really need to try it yourself, even if
> only with a small number of photos.
>
> Jack
> > Mr. Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming
> > Targeted Individual in Singapore
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> > On Fri, 22 Jul 2022 at 23:15, Adam Tauno Williams
> > <awilliam whitemice org> wrote:
> > > On Thu, 2022-07-21 at 13:51 +0200, Lars Fricke wrote:
> > >
> > > They are similar. However I think Digikam is slightly heavier. I
> > would not use both on the same collection of pics because they might
> > interfear working on the same images.
> > > Another photo manager is Shotwell; which I switched to from F-Spot
> > [as the GNOME .NET infra began to degrade], and it has [had?] an
> > F-Spot importer.
> > > Am 21. Juli 2022 11:02:33 MESZ schrieb Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En
> > Ming via f-spot-list <f-spot-list gnome org>:
> > > Subject: Is F-spot similar to digikam? Both are photo managers.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Good day from Singapore,
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Is F-spot similar to digikam? Both are photo managers.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Can I install and try out both at the same time?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Thank you.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Mr. Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming
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> > >
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