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How simple is this program to use, I am moving to linux and while novie just want to start using my pc for pc things like storing my pictures.
If you are talking about using Linux on a desktop, then use DigiKam for photo management. It is far more advanced, because it is a desktop application and been around a lot longer.
You could have a workflow of a desktop environment AND immich on the server for the best of what they both offer.
This software is more meant to be ran in a server environment, it’s suppose to be a replacement to subscription based photo/video cloud storage. I would not recommend you run this on a desktop you use daily as it’ll consume resources in the background slowing your desktop down, this is kinda why NAS storage systems exist.
Once you get a grasp on the BASH shell I would suggest playing around with docker and docker compose in a headless environment (headless = no desktop environment, shell only) as there are loads of applications you can self-host over your network.
There are docker script and docker compose installs. It was basically reading the documents and Editting a few text files and launching it in docker. Hardest part I found was the face tagging, it was totally counter intuitive to assign a face and persons name. Like almost obfuscated. Once you set that up though it just does its thing superbly well
I personally found this really easy to initially install, much easier than photo prism.. however it's died twice on me (postgres issues) first was due to an update and then incorrect permissions... I'm not sure what broke it the second time... So whilst easy to install, does still require maintenance and time to fix issues.
Strange, postgres is usually not the one to die. My server is permanently running out of space, so I have to keep deleting shit, and my PG did not die once. On the other hand, my other very old server (not updated in 3 years) has it's PG die (and automatically restart) at least once a day.
Yeah, I'm sure it's user error somewhere. But trying to find / read logs etc etc or do any type of fault finding is a bit of a grind because I don't use Linux enough to become proficient