On 2022-09-14 6:39 p.m., D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote:
| From: Stewart Russell via talk <talk@gtalug.org>
| Any suggestions for which ancient distro and where it might still live gratefully received.
Knoppix? Perhaps 3.5, which had a DVD version? There must be copies around. See this for a list of versions: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knoppix> Not sure where to find it now. Perhaps <https://archive.org/search.php?query=knoppix&&and[]=collection%3A%22cdromimages%22>
This would surely require BIOS/MBR for booting. And new fangled devices won't be understood.
There are many other possible distros.
Kubuntu 6.06 might ship with DigiKam pre-installed? https://old-releases.ubuntu.com/releases/kubuntu/6.06/ Otherwise, it should be available in the packages archive. I'd boot that ISO in a virtual machine, mount the database files into it as a shared folder, and then try starting the program. Good luck!