RE: [darktable-user] Windows or Linux?

[Marc Cabuy]

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 Verzonden: woensdag 22 juli 2020 0:11 Aan: I. Ivanov CC: Darktable Mailing List 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 darktable-user+unsubscr...@lists.darktable.org   ____________________________________________________________________________ darktable user mailing list to unsubscribe send a mail to darktable-user+unsubscr...@lists.darktable.org