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

[Christopher Calvin <cbc0777 earthlink net>]

Shotwell manages and displays stills and movies and may accommodate more 
image types.

f-spot is easier to use (imho) and I especially miss drag-the-tag or 
drag-the-pic(s) in f-spot now that I have converted to shotwell.  I used 
the no-longer-available converter.  30000 pics back then 50000 now.  I 
need to split the database.

If you know a sqlite guru, you can convert f-spot to shotwell (or 
shotwell to f-spot I think) and leave the pictures where they are.

Always back up everything.


Chris Calvin



On 7/26/22 3:23 AM, Christopher Hoskin via f-spot-list wrote:
> 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.
> >
> > ----- Oorspronkelijk bericht -----
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> > 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
> > >
> > > 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
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Targeted Individual in Singapore
> > > >
> > > >
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> > > >
> > > >
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