06-02-2022, 10:07 PM
(06-02-2022, 04:47 PM)rich2005 Wrote: ah..Stephen
Quote:Sorry, I don't follow "Did you revert the VM ?"
You must know about making a VM snapshot: https://www.techrepublic.com/article/how...irtualbox/ Make a snapshot, try out some software, do not like it, revert the VM.
Thanks for your advice.
I never use "revert the VM". If there is anything wrong on the VM, I just delete it and clone a new VM.
Quote:Sorry, left-clicking gimp-mathmap-22-04jammy.AppImage can't start GIMP
Tas_mania only comes here occasionally. He uses a Xfce DE (I think). Not all linux keybindings are the same, go back to using "run" or a double click seems to work.
Quote:Noted and thanks
Quote:Quote:Please advise which OS will be most suitable for running GIMP ?
Difficult, since it is a personal choice. Like you I try out many types in VM's **but** since 2004 I have used only 3 linux distributions Mepis / PClinuxOS / Kubuntu All of those KDE. So I am biased towards KDE.
All those you listed will run Gimp, one version or another. It then comes down to your ability to manage the versions.
Windows is probably the easiest for the non-technical. Gimp is the latest version, comes with an installer, most of the extra plugins easy to install and work.
When it comes to linux, latest is not always the most productive. I have two laptops:
1. Old laptop runs Kubuntu 18.04, Gimp 2.10.30 from PPA I find this most productive of the two.
2. New laptop runs Kubuntu 20.04, Gimp 2.10.30 from PPA, I had to install gimp-python myself, some old applications missing. Needed a bit of work to get it the way I want.
3. **NO** desire to update to 'buntu 22.04
up to you what you use.
OK, your advice noted and thanks.
I'll install GIMP on Ubuntu 20.04, running on bare-metal SSD. I'm now going to install "Scrcpy" on this harddrive to remote control the smartphone shooting photos and negatives.
Controlling Android Phones using Scrcpy
https://www.section.io/engineering-educa...ng-scrcpy/
The samrtphone will be connected to the PC via USB cable. This kind of connection serves twin purposes, first data transfer from smartphone to PC and secondly charging the smartphone while shooting. All positive/negatives images can be directly download and stored in PC.
If successful it will start a new era in scanning Photos, film negatives, documents etc. All of us have a smartphone. The scanning speed on a smartphone is much faster than on a desktop scanner.
A top quality scanning device, DSLR camera/Smartphone/Desktop scanner, can't change the quality of the photos and film negatives. Post-editing can't be avoided.
Regards.