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Hi all Linux users and photographers and others,

I'm trying to perhaps take the step over to the #Linux world some time from the #Apple world. On the #Mac and #iPad there is a program called #Pixave which is a very good #DAM (Digital Asset Manager, Digitalt mediearkiv in Swedish) for my photos and films. It can be operating locally on your computer but it can also have the files in #iCloud and synced to your Macs and iPads. Extremely good!

Now I have tried almost all DAMs I could find to Linux #Mint 19 and I can't have all the functions that Pixave has: Cloud sync, showing #RAW-files and starting photo editing software like #GIMP with a specified photo as far as I can see. There is one more problem: I have a little Synology server where I also have my photos and I would like to look at those and organize them through a Wi-Fi connected computer. The problem is that I can't see the RAW-files in the DAMs I tested. Several times I can't get the server accessible from the DAM and other times it isn't possible to display the RAW-files even if I can reach the server. Jpg files shows up nicely.

For the Mac I'm waiting for the terrific program Luminar 2018 to have DAM functions (in the next release) and that solves the problem with the server. I'm not keen on using Lightroom and Photoshop since those programs are much too expensive subscriptions.

Anyone having those things working on a Linux machine and can give me a tip on what program to use?