VLUG meetings, open to the public, are held on the second tuesday of each month. Check this page or the discuss list for last minute location details.

Next Meeting: Tuesday, May 13th, 2008 @ 7:00pm

Where: University of Victoria,Engineering/Computer Science Building, Room 124

NOTE: The room for the next meeting has changed!

Title: A Review of Five Photo Organization Software Packages

Summary: There are several software packages which are designed to help to organize and keep track of your digital photos, many of which can be used with LINUX. Five of the most widely used of these will be reviewed, highlighting some of the unique features of each. The packages examined are:

• DigiKam Version 0.9.2-final
• KPhotoAlbum Version 3.5.8
• F-Spot Version 0.4.0
• Picasa2 Version 2.2.2820 for Linux
• JAlbum Version 7.4

All of these packages work with either KDE or Gnome.

Although the major impetus for looking at these packages was to examine their capabilities for organizing photo collections, other key features will be illustrated.

Agenda

1. Meet & Greet
2. New Business
3. Presentation: A Review of Five Photo Organization Software Packages
       by: Murray Strome
4. Break
5. Q&A, miscellany
6. Boston Pizza and other venues for food and fun :)

Thanks to:

• The University of Victoria's Department of Computer Science for sponsoring our meeting room

Future meetings:

• Jun 10th
• Jul 08th
• Aug 12th
• Sep 09th