Looking for a self sovereign way to collect family photos with the goal of preserving them for kids, grandkids, etc. I've done a lot of the work over the years re scanning, editing, but they are scattered in various family members' cloud based crap like Google photos. Has anyone attempted this? Prefer Linux based open source method.
957 sats \ 1 reply \ @zuspotirko 21 Feb
Yes I have. Did the same.
My advice to you is just use a computers file system. Just files on hard drives. Multiple with multiple offsite backups.
The reason for this is simple: not everyone is tech literate. Old people aren't, the Zoomers often aren't either. But they're smart enough to keep backup HDDs or SSDs in a safe and have a second copy on their iPads for looking at them.
Yeah, just download them manually. It's annoying but if no tech literate person puts in the effort no one will.
If your family is anything like mine there will also be the rogue 2nd degree cousin with the only copy of a weddings photos in prints in his basement.
The reason why I went with just portable hard drives backups and full copies on many locations and phones, ipads, laptops etc is because they are the most compatible possible. Not every device/os can <obscure program>. But every device/os can files. Your grandkids futuristic tech will probably too.
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5 sats \ 0 replies \ @siggy47 OP 21 Feb
That is a great, simple solution to make sure they survive a generation or two.
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365 sats \ 2 replies \ @bc52210b20 21 Feb
I pay for this service using open source Ente https://ente.io
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188 sats \ 0 replies \ @03479d0ee6 21 Feb
Also an user. So far very happy, it has cloud sync and they have a desktop app for bulk operations, my plan is day to day backup everything from mobile to their cloud and from time to time archive/backup to an HD using the desktop app. They also accept LN payment if requested by mail.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @siggy47 OP 21 Feb
Thanks. I'll check this out.
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528 sats \ 1 reply \ @Bitman 22 Feb
Siggy, I'd make sure my hard drives have backups; but don't overlook the longevity of printed photos - I'd always print off good hard copies of important photos too.
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @siggy47 OP 22 Feb
Good advice. Thanks
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265 sats \ 0 replies \ @03479d0ee6 21 Feb
Like I said in a reply, I use ente.io and I'm happy. I also had a look at https://github.com/immich-app/immich
and https://stingle.org
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206 sats \ 0 replies \ @21e6 22 Feb
Checkout syncthing with almost 60k ⭐️
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354 sats \ 0 replies \ @026180d3a3 21 Feb
Nowadays, I toss all the images in a folder and use something like this to generate a gallery via hugo: https://github.com/robrotheram/gogallery
This keeps me from having just a file full of photos, and also away from proprietary database lock-in.
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