[digiKam-users] Windows or Linux?

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My understanding is that digikam started life as Linux software, but I know it is now available on Windows as well.  I have the flexibility to install digikam in Windows (10) or Linux (debian).  My assumption was that digikam would be more reliable and the user interface would work better on on Linux, since that's what is was design for, but I realize that might not be true.

Which platform (Windows or Linux) will give digikam work better on?

[Gilles Caulier-4]

Hi,

The native development platform is Linux, of course. This one is so
far better to code and hack, and it's free, not limited, and finally
very powerful.

The Windows port is a natural one, as we use Qt framework in the
background which is designed to be portable everywhere (aka MacOS).

The Windows as some limitations that Linux do not have, but step by
step, version by version, Windows version becomes more stable and
suitable as the Linux one.

In all cases, depending of your choice, I highly recommend using the
latest 7.0.0 which will be available officially this weekend on
digiKam.org web site. You can use the weekly build here which are
mostly the same as the future official bundle.

https://files.kde.org/digikam/

To be a little bit more precise, 7.0.0 comes with more than 750 bugs
closed since the last 6.4.0 stable release, with more than one year of
development.

https://invent.kde.org/graphics/digikam/-/blob/master/project/NEWS.7.0.0

Voilà. I'm preparing the 7.0.0 release announcement, which takes a lot
of time to write. So be patient...

Best

Gilles Caulier

Le ven. 17 juil. 2020 à 10:31, <[hidden email]> a écrit :
>
> My understanding is that digikam started life as Linux software, but I know it is now available on Windows as well.  I have the flexibility to install digikam in Windows (10) or Linux (debian).  My assumption was that digikam would be more reliable and the user interface would work better on on Linux, since that's what is was design for, but I realize that might not be true.
>
> Which platform (Windows or Linux) will give digikam work better on?
>

[Tóth Csaba]

Hi!
> The Windows as some limitations that Linux do not have, but step by
> step, version by version, Windows version becomes more stable and
> suitable as the Linux one.
Where can i read more about this limitations? (I use as photo collector,
metatag editor, tagging, etc, "just" meta editing, and not for editing
the photo)

Thanx
Csaba

On 2020-07-17 11:13, Gilles Caulier wrote:

> Hi,
>
> The native development platform is Linux, of course. This one is so
> far better to code and hack, and it's free, not limited, and finally
> very powerful.
>
> The Windows port is a natural one, as we use Qt framework in the
> background which is designed to be portable everywhere (aka MacOS).
>
> The Windows as some limitations that Linux do not have, but step by
> step, version by version, Windows version becomes more stable and
> suitable as the Linux one.
>
> In all cases, depending of your choice, I highly recommend using the
> latest 7.0.0 which will be available officially this weekend on
> digiKam.org web site. You can use the weekly build here which are
> mostly the same as the future official bundle.
>
> https://files.kde.org/digikam/
>
> To be a little bit more precise, 7.0.0 comes with more than 750 bugs
> closed since the last 6.4.0 stable release, with more than one year of
> development.
>
> https://invent.kde.org/graphics/digikam/-/blob/master/project/NEWS.7.0.0
>
> Voilà. I'm preparing the 7.0.0 release announcement, which takes a lot
> of time to write. So be patient...
>
> Best
>
> Gilles Caulier
>
> Le ven. 17 juil. 2020 à 10:31, <[hidden email]> a écrit :
>> My understanding is that digikam started life as Linux software, but I know it is now available on Windows as well.  I have the flexibility to install digikam in Windows (10) or Linux (debian).  My assumption was that digikam would be more reliable and the user interface would work better on on Linux, since that's what is was design for, but I realize that might not be true.
>>
>> Which platform (Windows or Linux) will give digikam work better on?
>>