Alternative to iPhoto and Ubuntu on an iMac

[the.dark.lord]

Hello guys. I'm tired of using iPhoto... Apple software doesn't meet the hype :(. Does anyone know a good alternative to iPhoto? And, how do you install Ubuntu on an iMac. I have a brand new Intel Core 2 Duo iMac, and I also have the 64-bit Ubuntu CD.

[Alfa989]

Hello guys. I'm tired of using iPhoto... Apple software doesn't meet the hype :(. Does anyone know a good alternative to iPhoto? And, how do you install Ubuntu on an iMac. I have a brand new Intel Core 2 Duo iMac, and I also have the 64-bit Ubuntu CD.

What do you dislike from iPhoto?? I found it to be a great app...

[TheRingmaster]

They say that digikam is a very good photo manager. It requires qt and the kde libs though.

[AlphaMack]

I second DigiKam + Kipi plugins.

[H264]

Hi, I think you need a working OSX partition in order to install Ubuntu... (as far as I know) and in order to install Ubuntu 64bit you must have 7.04 (I already tried this). It has something to do with the Master Boor Record not syncing or something like that.

http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=384230&page=2 if you want to install 64bit on your iMac, however it is kinda buggy... but for 64bit 7.04 is the only way on a Mac.

Don't ask me about usability or avaliable apps, because I don't know X-)
(don't forget to backup all data)

[the.dark.lord]

What do you dislike from iPhoto?? I found it to be a great app...

It doesn't handle RAW images well, and I happen to be a open source fan.

[the.dark.lord]

Hey alfa and ringmaster, thanks for replying, but digikam doesn't have a version for OS X.

[TheRingmaster]

How about final cut pro? Isn't that a photo manager?

[Kalixa]

How about final cut pro? Isn't that a photo manager?

Nope. Final Cut Pro is for video editing.

[TheRingmaster]

sorry, I meant Aperture.

[Kalixa]

sorry, I meant Aperture.

Well yes I guess it could be used for this. Keep in mind I have never actually tried or used neither Final Cut Pro or Apeture, so I can only tell what I have heard. But I have these following reasons why I personally probably wouldn't choose Apeture as a image manager.

1. The program costs lots of money.
2. It needs lots of power to work properly.
3. Apeture is more a professsional thing to use, so as far as I know the program will be quite hard to use, and maybe even a waste of time to learn, unless you are a pro/semipro photographer.

[Alfa989]

It doesn't handle RAW images well, and I happen to be a open source fan.

If you want RAW images manipulation, get Aperture... iPhoto is for consumers, not pros...

[stokedfish]

Digikam.

[TheRingmaster]

I suggested digikam eariler, but he is looking for something native to mac os x.

[stokedfish]

Well, Digikam will run natively on osx soon! ;)

[Who]

I'm a BIG fan of GQView

There was a good review of many options posted here:

http://applications.linux.com/article.pl?sid=06/12/06/158220&tid=13&tid=39&tid=47

Why GQView:

It doesn't treat me like an idiod who doesn't know what folders and files are
It has a very customisable UI and integrates with GNOME
The latest development versions have an amazing 'Pan view' which is like laying all your photos out on a desk!
it is FAST and caches images for rotation, display next, etc

[IHATEDLINK]

Picassa from google, Great photo manager.
And for the installation... WHY?? you al ready have a mac, what more do you want!?

[handy]

Hello guys. I'm tired of using iPhoto... Apple software doesn't meet the hype :(. Does anyone know a good alternative to iPhoto? And, how do you install Ubuntu on an iMac. I have a brand new Intel Core 2 Duo iMac, and I also have the 64-bit Ubuntu CD.

I have been using Ubuntu 7.10 64bit, on my aluminium iMac for some months. (Changed to Arch recently :-))

[Edit:] I forgot to mention that I used the Alternate install CD.

Here is a reasonably new Ubuntu Wiki iMac installation page that tells you all you need to know:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Intel_iMac?highlight=%28imac%29

If the sound problem still exists, there is an easy fix for it that is easy to find in the forums. Though I believe that ALSA bug has been fixed but I could be wrong:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=3697702&postcount=5

Please take note that currently the latest version of the source is alsa-driver-1.0.16

[Incense]

Apple Aperture, Adobe Light Room, or Abode Bridge all have very good RAW support on OSX. I use the new Aperture personally and love it. Yeah it's not OSS, but they have a free trial and it's really a great piece of software. If you're going to work with RAW images, then you really want a good piece of pro software IMO.

Ubuntu on a MAC

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MacBook

[Comhra]

Picassa from google, Great photo manager.
And for the installation... WHY?? you al ready have a mac, what more do you want!?

Picasa is great, beats the pants off iPhoto but it doesn't run on OS X, though there are rumours that this might change.

[handy]

Post_#5. in the following link is what I consider (naturally ;-)) to be a comprehensive how-to for installing Arch Linux, & setting it up with Gnome & other - what I consider essential - tools on an alu' 20" or 24" iMac, though it does not cover wireless or setting up a printer at this stage:

http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=35355

It is a good time saver for anyone who is new to Arch & is doing an initial install on an alu' iMac.

Personally I've just dumped Gnome & gone with Openbox on Arch, which makes for a much simpler installation & therefore makes it easier for me to understand a little more of the workings of Linux, Arch Linux, in particular, which is very likely the simplest Linux distro' available today.