Data archaeology: archive KDE distortion from 2004ish
A friend has a data problem. Her father used to use Linux, and left copious art notes in pictures stored in DigiKam, KDE’s photo management tool. This was in 2004 or so. Now my friend is trying to recover the notes. Current DigiKam won’t read the database. Given her very-tech background, we can assume she’s tried everything reasonable with modern software. I’m wondering: is there a LiveCD from around 2004 that used KDE that might have a ready-to-go matching version of DigiKam? I’ve never been a KDE user, but maybe trying an old OS in a VM might be a way to go. Any suggestions for which ancient distro and where it might still live gratefully received. thanks Stewart
| 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.
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!
On Wed, 14 Sept 2022 at 23:35, Jamon Camisso via talk <talk@gtalug.org> wrote:
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!
Hi Stewart. Just back from vacation, explaining this delayed response (although it's not really a helpful one). This seems like a solvable problem, and the suggested approaches from Hugh and Jamon are exactly where I would have gone. Note that I said "seems like ..." I'd love to hear how this turned out, if you're willing to share. -- Giles https://www.gilesorr.com/ gilesorr@gmail.com
| From: Stewart Russell via talk <talk@gtalug.org> | Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2022 13:04:26 -0400 | A friend has a data problem. Her father used to use Linux, and left | copious art notes in pictures stored in DigiKam, KDE’s photo management | tool. This was in 2004 or so. Prompted by Giles' reply, I thought about this a tiny bit more. I'm too quick to try to solve problems myself rather than leaving them to the experts. Have you asked this question on a DigiKam user or developer fora? Many DigiKam users must have upgraded versions, although this giant step might be rare.
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