On 16/06/13 10:58, Chris. Aubrey-Smith wrote:
> I'm not sure if I understand 'Linux compatible' in this context.
> Surely the compatibility is not a function of the camera?
Agreed, but I think I know what Keith is driving at; I suspect that he 
wants his mum to plug in the camera and for an application like Shotwell 
to pop up and more or less take care of copying the pictures to the hard 
drive and clearing down the memory card on the camera, with as little 
interaction as possible on his mum's part.
> I've used any number of different cameras with Linux machines and I've
> never had a problem.
We use Canons (I have a G12 and my wife has a smaller less complex 
model) because they pretty much dominate the quality digital compact 
market having got in early and done a lot of the hard work pioneering 
the format.
As alluded to above, Shotwell does all of the archiving for us, pulling 
the pictures off and storing them in a YYYY MM DD archive, with an 
option to clear down the camera's memory when it is complete.
Sean
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