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digiKam 5.8.0 Released with Tool to Export to UPNP/DLNA

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Free and open-source image organizer digiKam 5.8.0 was released earlier today. The new release features a new tool to export collections to UPNP/DLNA compatible devices. digiKam 5.8.0 release highlights: Linux Appimage, Windows installer, and MacOS package bundle improvements A new tool to export to UPNP/DLNA device Port DropBox export tools to OAuth2 Mysql support improvements Many fixes and improvements to ...

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Shotwell 0.27.2 Released with Improvements (PPA)

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Gnome photo manager shotwell 0.27.2 was released a day ago with performance improvements and some bug-fixes. Changes in Shotwell 0.27.2 includes: Use meson for building the debian package Improve the wording for the “Width or Height” scaling constraint Fix unmounting the camera when it is mounted via mtp, not gphoto2 Speed up color transformations Refactor Tumblr and Flickr code to ...

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Shotwell 0.27.0 Released with Many New Features

Shotwell Photo Manager

Shotwell, the Gnome photo management software, has reached the new major 0.27.0 release with many new features, bug-fixes, performance improvements and translation updates. What’s New in Shotwell 0.27.0: Remove F-Spot import support A command line utility to test image transformations Speed up color transformations a bit. Bump GTK+ requirement to 3.18 and remove deprecated functions Clean-up histogram drawing code Run ...

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Shotwell 0.26.2 Released! How to Install it via PPA in Ubuntu

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Gnome photo management software Shotwell 0.26.2 was released hours ago. Here’s how to install it in Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 16.10, Ubuntu 17.04, and derivatives via PPA. Shotwell 0.26.2 is a small bug-fix release with following changes: Fix issue when minimizing publishing UI on Unity Fix browsing on GVFS-mounted file systems Fix missing linebreaks in comments when writing back meta-data Fix ...

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Install Fotoxx Photo Editor & Collection Manager via PPA

Fotoxx is a free and open-source photo editing and collection management software for Linux desktop. The goal is to meet the needs of serious photographers while remaining fast and easy to use. “Navigate a large image collection using a thumbnail browser, click on an image to view or edit. A rich set of edit and retouch functions is available (examples ...

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digiKam 5.5.0 Released, See What’s New & How to Install

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The digiKam photo management software 5.5.0 was released earlier today with several improvements in database interface. According to the release note, digiKam 5.5.0 features: threads management improvements to prevent CPU overload. improvements to the similarity tool a garbage collection for the digiKam databases. the database shrinking support for SQLite enhancements in the batch queue manager Watermark tool. database patch: ability ...

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How to Install Darktable 2.2 in Ubuntu 16.04, Linux Mint 18

The Darktable RAW photo workflow software has reached the new 2.2 stable series. Here’s how to install or upgrade it in Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 16.10, and/or Linux Mint 18. What’s new in Darktable 2.2: Add new automatic perspective correction module Liquify tool for all your fancy pixel moving A new image module to use a Color Look Up Table (CLUT) ...

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digiKam 5.3.0 Released, Linux AppImage Available for Download

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The digiKam photo management software has reached the 5.3.0 release a few days ago. AppImage bundle for Linux users now is available. AppImage is an open-source project dedicated to provide a simple way to distribute portable software as compressed binary file, that standard user can run as well, without to install special dependencies. All is included into the bundle, as ...

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Shotwell Photo Manager 0.23.6 Released with Fixes

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The digital photo manager Shotwell 0.23.6 was released. It’s available in PPA for Ubuntu 16.04 and Linux Mint 18. Shotwell photo manager is updating frequently in recent months, the latest 0.23.6 is released just two weeks after the last and it features: Fix locale-dependent times Use nl_langinfo instead of custom LConv Fix renaming of tags and saved searches Improve message ...

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DigiKam 4.13.0 Released, How to Install / Upgrade

The open-source photo management software digiKam 4.13.0 has been released yesterday with various bug-fixes. KF5 port is still under process. Philip Johnsson is maintaining PPAs with the latest digiKam packages for Ubuntu 14.04 (both KDE 4.13 & 4.14) and Ubuntu 15.04. Below is how to install or upgrade to digiKam 4.13.0 via the PPA. 1. Add digiKam PPA – open ...

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