Trying to locate an Ubuntu book that I saw on amazon.eu or could’ve been abe-books about ‘Ubuntu 4 seniors’?
Can anyone tell me where we are up to for windows converts as I use photoshop and am having a tricky time converting all of my photos to Ubuntu (desktop)?
Thankyou (just a looksee-idea).
What does “converting all of my photos to Ubuntu” mean?
Why would anyone need to convert anything at all?
You might consider leading us though this a bit more clearly.
(Also, why did you post this in the Lounge?)
The reason that I posted it in the Lounge was that I am getting on abit & need a book for Seniors.
You could for example talked about the fact that you’d looked for the book and had/hadn’t found it(?)
I believe in literature for Ubuntu, very much so.
It’s important (for PR alone)!
What I was trying to do is put all of my Raw photos into the photo app.
I also heard “ Loupe is a potential successor to the Eye of GNOME app “.
…where is that up to because that is what made me get out my camera SD card?
Thankyou.
What does “converting all of my photos to Ubuntu” mean, please?
That means storing in an Ubuntu Desktop system.
But what has that got to-do with the original Question about creating a Seniors book , pal ??
Spurious question that.
Please be respectful per the Code of Conduct. It was an honest question.
Thanks. We could do without that sort of thing.
I have seen such a book, but I can’t find it now, or maybe I hallucinated it!
The only relatively recent one I have found which might be helpful:
If you have a nearby library, they may also have older books you could borrow to read.
I have seen publications targeting seniors (or beginners) at my local large newsagent. If you want something more up-to-date, it might be worth looking at Linux-related magazines (rather than books).
Many of the magazine publishers (that are left) will repurpose existing content into thicker hybrid books/magazines. They’re called “Bookazines” because they’re glossy and large format, like Magazines, but contain more content, like books.
Here are a few bookazines that might be useful:
If you can’t find a book or bookazine targeting senior citizens, another option is in-person support groups.
(By the way, I suspect the reason why everyone is focused on asking you about your mention of “converting photos” is that it made them wonder if they could help directly, here on discourse, rather than you having to go and find a book)
If you use photoshop the (almost) equivalent app in Ubuntu is GIMP.
Loupe is just an application to view an image but has no editing functions.
To manage photos in Ubuntu you have GIMP for editing and shotwell and gthumb for browsing and cataloguing your photos and very limited editing functions.
gThumb is an advanced image viewer and browser. It has many useful
features, such as filesystem browsing, slide show, image catalogs, web
album creation, camera import, image CD burning, batch file operations and
quick image editing features like transformation and color manipulation.
Our very own @kenvandine has a new book that covers all aspects of Ubuntu that could be very worthwhile if you’re looking to really dig into all the OS can do:
For a more newcomer friendly read, our Community Council member @nhaines has an excellent introductory book. It’s a few years old, but many of the tutorials and tips are still relevant.
Above references are excellent.
But …
I am another in the “Sixth Age of Man” and some physical books might be difficult to read. Certainly with printed code in pages. I have dusty books not now read.
To answer OP’s question simply type “ubuntu4seniors” in browser.
And since OP is familar with Photoshop (Windows only) which might be a cross-platform workflow issue, remember options:
(a) Ubuntu can be a virtual machine or dualboot with Windows sharing common SSD or dropbox or a more secure sharing vault such as tresorit.com
(b) Photoshop can be run in Cloud subscription
(c) OP might explore WolframAlpha for batch conversion.
We might add ideas for migration workflows - Windows-Ubuntu - for Senior Citizens.
For example I use Recoll (cross platform) for searching and categorisation with scripts to apply to selected images. And try cross-platform collections managers. Perhaps Zotero.
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