Re: [edlug] f-spot

[Max Manders <max@xxx.xxx.xxx>]

I'm afraid I can't answer your question exactly, but I've found F-Spot 
to be a little limited.  I've recently started using digiKam which is 
much more fully featured - you may have more luck with this application...

Cheers,
Max

On 30/07/10 13:40, Andrew Smith wrote:
> I've  introduced a laptop user to Ubuntu after the hasrd drive failed.
> The machine successfully detects an XD card in the slot, but F-Spot
> seems to have to be deficient, and I need confirmation of my observations:
> 1. The FAT16 files with a 2010 date are being imported into a 2054
> directory.
>
> 2. The desire is to move the files off the XD card to the laptop,
> leaving the card empty for re-use. F-Spot only appears to do a copy, not
> a move!
>
> Can anyone comment on the above please. From my own camera, I usually
> mount the SD card manually and move the images into my own directory
> structure, where I run a script which uses the /reduce/ program to scale
> the images to a size more suitable for email attachment.
>
> --
> Andrew

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