I would just like to congratulate the developers and volunteers who provide multi-platform support to give the end user the true freedom to use whichever platform they like. For some of us we are prisoners to operating systems such as Windows because other software providers, eg. Adobe, do not provide the same level of multi-platform support to give us the freedom to choose Linux.
On Wed, 22 Jul 2020 at 18:01, Marc Cabuy <[email protected]> wrote: > I appreciate that darktable runs better on Linux but hope that the > developers CONTINUE TO PROVIDE WINDOWS SUPPORT. > > > > Coming from LR 5.7 under Windows, learning dt is already a tough hurdle to > take. But thanks to its particularly strong features, it’s worth it to me. > However transiting to Linux too, would have made it too difficult to me. > > > > Now, what I read here about the power needed in your computer is certainly > true. LR 5.7 would run reasonably ok in interactive mode for 16 megapixel > raws on my dual core mobile intel processor with 8 GB memory and an > integrated gpu. However running darktable was not really feasible with that > little power. Currently, and after a ssd crash/failure (yes it happens !), > I am satisfactorily running/learning dt on a pseudo gaming laptop with a > discrete gpu and (a) color-accurate display(s). > > > > So I count on the developers for continued Windows support. > > > > Thank you, > > Marc. > > > > *Van: *Top Rock Photography <[email protected]> > *Verzonden: *woensdag 22 juli 2020 0:11 > *Aan: *I. Ivanov <[email protected]> > *CC: *Darktable Mailing List <[email protected]> > *Onderwerp: *Re: [darktable-user] Windows or Linux? > > > > I also run Dt on a ten years old system, (AMD Phenom II X6), but with a > few upgrades, (4GB nVidia GTX 760, and a 4×2TB HDD RAID5 SATA III storage, > 1TB SSD SATA III system drive, 32 GB 1,333MHz DDR3 RAM), and it runs fairly > fast under Ubuntu 20.04. Also, 66MHz PCI 2.1 bus. The GPU is PCIe 3.0 > capable, but the MB is only PCIe 2.0 capable. > > > > I recently did a clean Dt ver 3.0.2 install, and imported 68,000+ raw > images, and it took about an hour. I hear horror stories of Lr users taking > several hours to import about 1,000 images. Northrup would say that he > would come home from a shoot, set his Lr to import the files, and they may > be done by the morning, (having run for 7-8 hours). > > > > Now that is a Lr CC on Windows comparison. I have no idea how Dt on > Windows will do. I do know that ten years ago, my Linux system would run > circles around any similarly spec'ed windows machine, but Windows has come > a long way since then. The fact that Dt uses HW acceleration, including > GPU, and that it does multithreading, (things that Lr does not do), puts it > ahead. > > > > [ASIDE] I hope to upgrade my computer soon, to a PCIe 4.0 MB, a 12 to 24 > core Ryzen, (24 to 48 threads), and 32GB ECC 2,666MHz DDR4 RAM, but I will > probably keep the same video card for now, (as well as SSD and HDD RAID). > Maybe, possibly, but not likely anytime soon, get an M.2 system drive, and > a 6 to 8 GB PCIe 4.0 video card. [/ASIDE] > > > > Sincerely, > > > > Karim Hosein > > Top Rock Photography > > 754.999.1652 > > > ____________________________________________________________________________ > darktable user mailing list to unsubscribe send a mail to > [email protected] > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________ > darktable user mailing list to unsubscribe send a mail to > [email protected] > -- Dr Terry Pinfold Cytometry & Histology Lab Manager Lecturer in Flow Cytometry University of Tasmania 17 Liverpool St, Hobart, 7000 Ph 6226 4846 or 0408 699053 ____________________________________________________________________________ darktable user mailing list to unsubscribe send a mail to [email protected]
