Comments on: Manage Your Photos with Kflickr http://www.linux-mag.com/id/6472/ Open Source, Open Standards Sun, 21 Mar 2010 20:44:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.11 by: sbeam http://www.linux-mag.com/id/6472/#comment-1389 Fri, 15 Aug 2008 15:42:31 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/6472/#comment-1389 What tundraman said. no matter how many backups you have in the same location, a fire or flood can wipe them all out in minutes. Think it won't happen? fine. But when it does, one of the things people tend to be most upset about is the lost family photos. The same is as true of your digital library as grandma's old Polaroids. Plus trusting your files to a $100 external drive is probably a "huge mistake". Those things are junk at the low end, if they work at all it is a minor miracle. No backup solution is complete without an offsite backup. Flickr is pretty good for this, as is Amazon S3 or .Mac or other options. So I am glad to hear about Kflickr, I missed the Mac/Windows tools that they provide that do similar things. So thanks for the article. What tundraman said.

no matter how many backups you have in the same location, a fire or flood can wipe them all out in minutes. Think it won’t happen? fine. But when it does, one of the things people tend to be most upset about is the lost family photos. The same is as true of your digital library as grandma’s old Polaroids.

Plus trusting your files to a $100 external drive is probably a “huge mistake”. Those things are junk at the low end, if they work at all it is a minor miracle.

No backup solution is complete without an offsite backup. Flickr is pretty good for this, as is Amazon S3 or .Mac or other options. So I am glad to hear about Kflickr, I missed the Mac/Windows tools that they provide that do similar things. So thanks for the article.

]]> by: tundraman http://www.linux-mag.com/id/6472/#comment-1378 Fri, 08 Aug 2008 01:30:02 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/6472/#comment-1378 Flickr does not force a maximum photo size of 1024×768. The full original, as uploaded, is always stored on flickr and the restriction is only if you opt for the free account. Once you go PRO all of your photos will be available in their original resolutions. As for a backup I partially agree with you there are better options out there like an external HD or burning DVDs (I do both and store the DVDs at a family member's house) but flickr can also be part of a comprehensive backup strategy. I know that for my family all the best photos end up on flickr so although it does not act as a backup for the thousands of photos we take it does host the best of the best and they will be available to me should the worst happen to my computer or the backups I have made. Flickr does not force a maximum photo size of 1024×768. The full original, as uploaded, is always stored on flickr and the restriction is only if you opt for the free account. Once you go PRO all of your photos will be available in their original resolutions.

As for a backup I partially agree with you there are better options out there like an external HD or burning DVDs (I do both and store the DVDs at a family member’s house) but flickr can also be part of a comprehensive backup strategy. I know that for my family all the best photos end up on flickr so although it does not act as a backup for the thousands of photos we take it does host the best of the best and they will be available to me should the worst happen to my computer or the backups I have made.

]]> by: tundraman http://www.linux-mag.com/id/6472/#comment-1377 Fri, 08 Aug 2008 01:21:23 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/6472/#comment-1377 Are you running KDE4? KFlickr has not been ported to KDE4 as of yet and I seem to recall hearing this is the behavior of KFlickr when run in KDE4. You will have to wait until roughly late Sept. before the KDE4 port will be complete. Are you running KDE4? KFlickr has not been ported to KDE4 as of yet and I seem to recall hearing this is the behavior of KFlickr when run in KDE4. You will have to wait until roughly late Sept. before the KDE4 port will be complete.

]]> by: fri13 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/6472/#comment-1371 Wed, 06 Aug 2008 14:56:21 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/6472/#comment-1371 I do this even more easier, I manage all my photos by using digiKam application, it has great flickr plugin what allows me to upload wanted photos to flicr and even tag them on my computer so I know what versions I have uploaded to internet. http://www.digikam.org/ I do this even more easier, I manage all my photos by using digiKam application, it has great flickr plugin what allows me to upload wanted photos to flicr and even tag them on my computer so I know what versions I have uploaded to internet.

http://www.digikam.org/

]]> by: us41 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/6472/#comment-1344 Mon, 28 Jul 2008 12:45:50 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/6472/#comment-1344 While the author may find KFlickr useful for using Flickr, and it may be, the purpose for which it is recommended... not so good. Flickr is not a viable option for backing up of digital photographs. Flickr forces photos to a max size of 1024x768. Today's cameras take photos at 3000x2000+ sizes and provide exceptional clarity. Using Flickr to back up photos is a huge mistake. In fact, using any online facility for the purposes of additional storage at today's network speeds is a foolish decision. Instead, go to Walmart and purchase a $100 USB powered portable hard drive and simply drag your photos folder to it weekly. That is the only real backup solution that is worth anything these days. All other options: burning discs, USB thumb drives, and most especially storage on the web are HUGE MISTAKES. While the author may find KFlickr useful for using Flickr, and it may be, the purpose for which it is recommended… not so good.

Flickr is not a viable option for backing up of digital photographs. Flickr forces photos to a max size of 1024×768. Today’s cameras take photos at 3000×2000+ sizes and provide exceptional clarity.

Using Flickr to back up photos is a huge mistake. In fact, using any online facility for the purposes of additional storage at today’s network speeds is a foolish decision.

Instead, go to Walmart and purchase a $100 USB powered portable hard drive and simply drag your photos folder to it weekly. That is the only real backup solution that is worth anything these days. All other options: burning discs, USB thumb drives, and most especially storage on the web are HUGE MISTAKES.

]]> by: ikaruga http://www.linux-mag.com/id/6472/#comment-1316 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:35:31 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/6472/#comment-1316 Why Flicker at all? With the recent brouhaha of Google giving Viacom user data for Youtube (including DELETED videos), why trust a big company with your data? Why Flicker at all? With the recent brouhaha of Google giving Viacom user data for Youtube (including DELETED videos), why trust a big company with your data?

]]> by: johncc http://www.linux-mag.com/id/6472/#comment-1301 Thu, 17 Jul 2008 16:20:48 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/6472/#comment-1301 I installed KFlicker to try it out. When I tried to authorize, it told me I needed to install kate. I did so, and it loaded the Yahoo login page into Kate as text. Luckily, kate has a "File->Open With" option, so I opened it in a browser and completed the authorization process. Next problem, KFlickr won't actually display any photos. It's a shame, because it sounded like a good piece of software but for me at least, it needs more work. I installed KFlicker to try it out. When I tried to authorize, it told me I needed to install kate. I did so, and it loaded the Yahoo login page into Kate as text. Luckily, kate has a “File->Open With” option, so I opened it in a browser and completed the authorization process. Next problem, KFlickr won’t actually display any photos. It’s a shame, because it sounded like a good piece of software but for me at least, it needs more work.

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