957 sats \ 1 reply \ @zuspotirko 21 Feb \ on: Best Open Source Photo Archive Method? tech
I 've done a lot of the work over the years re scanning, editing Has anyone attempted this?
Yes I have. Did the same.
Looking for a self sovereign way to collect family photos with the goal of preserving them
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.
but they are scattered in various family members' cloud based crap like Google photos
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.
Prefer Linux based open source method.
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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