That would give me a chance to see whether I could actually run my photography business on the new system. Once I headed for Linux, I decided to plunge in fully and commit to using Ubuntu and free, open-source photo software for several months – at least until the end of that year.

This was sparked by sudden crashes that were afflicting my system, but in a deeper sense grew from frustration with Windows and, to a lesser degree, with Lightroom. In summer 2015, I posted a detailed account of my tentative switch from Windows7 and Lightroom to Linux and Darktable. is there anything on a User side that can be done to increase the speed from shutter to review inside darktable? Or is this the magicians in the developer realm that can only handle such feats? If so, is there anything I can contribute to assist in gaining a faster tether review? All input is appreciated and respected.Brush Creek Ranch, Wyoming, where I enjoyed an artist residency for a month last fall.Ĭan a Linux system handle serious photography? Using a Canon 5d mkiii those numbers of time are about 25% faster, likely related to the smaller raw file of the 5d. These speeds are with a Nikon D800 with an average Raw file of about 40 megs. On windows in capture One, that dell is about 4.5 to 5 seconds. On a dell intel 4x pentium silver n5000 running ubuntu studio 22 and darktable 4.0, from shutter to review is about 9.2 seconds. I can share this data in great length and detail in an additional response if anyone shows interest in that info (multiple desktops, laptops, camera bodies, and OS), but in summary, on a decent computer (say my macbook pro M2 14,7 computer Darktable 4.0) Darktable runs about 5.7 to 6.2 seconds from shutter click to review, and by way of comparison Lightroom is about 1.8 to 2.2 seconds from click to visual review.

I've done some comparisons and logged my data on several different systems, os, and camera bodies. I have made some settings such as checking 'performance over quality', enable 'disk backend cache,' etc. The big improvement I feel Darktable needs right now is the speed of the tethered images coming in. I have been photo/video/editor since '95, and the features and potential of this package is amazing. Hello all! So I am in luv with Darktable.

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