A look at Darktable 2.0

I have been using it exclusively for a year or so now after using Lightroom and it is great. The only thing missing was the printing, but that has been in the development branch for a few months and so far it seems solid.

The library management is based on tags like gmail and for me it has been working with about 6000 photos. It takes some time getting used to though.

Another great feature is that it stores the .xmp files in the same folder as the raws so I can edit photos and my wife will see the changes on her computer (the photos are stored on a nas).

Also, concerningly, you can request it on https but the cert's CN is "root.hackers.fi".

Maybe I'll just use the older version in Ubuntu's repository instead, or clone it from Github or something like that.

I will have another look too, on fedora 22 and 23 the 1.6 version segfaults every time when opening files from a removable drive.

now that they are on gtk3, it will get a lot easier to get the ui styling they want. in fact, based on irc conversations they seem to be moving forward with the css theming pretty quickly.

I'm a regular user of Darktable for several years and I wouldn't call it a 'user-hostile' project, but the impossibly tiny controls for some functions is frustrating. Maybe they just need more UX experts to pitch in and help improve the product? This is certainly a common theme with FOSS.

Overall I get excellent results with the software, I like it and I'm pretty quick in my workflow, but those little triangles you have to right-click on (e.g. to adjust the exposure or black point) take me multiple tries. Every. Single. Time! My fine motor skill is great. And I'm using a good quality wired mouse because I like the precision.