Nikon D40x

I bought a digital camera in Japan recently. The model is Nikon D40x. I am not a good photographer and absolutely ZERO knowledge about anything about digital camera especially digital SLR. I have a lot of colleagues who are more knowledgeable than me and sometime I just hang around them to learn a bit here and there.

Every gadgets I bought I will definitely try to connect it and access it from Linux.

1. Using USB Mass Storage

I expected this to work on Ubuntu Gutsy but unfortunately it did not because of this bug.
There is a patch available for but it is not available now as an update yet plus I am too lazy to recompile a new kernel recently.

2. Using the built-in MMC slot

My laptop had a MMC card reader. Inserted the card and voila ! Only problem is you have to take out the card from the camera.

Google just released Picassa v2.7 for Linux and installation is simple.

Gnome Bluetooth

I have a Sony Ericsson P1i and I used this phone to snap a lot of pictures. Since as usual there is no Linux version of Sony Ericsson Management software, I need to transfer all these photos to my laptop. So the faster way is Bluetooth.

On UBuntu Gutsy, it is very easy. Just install the Gnome Bluetooth package and run the application from Applications -> Accessories -> Bluetooth File Sharing, turn on bluetooth on both side (laptop & phone). Simple as that !

As root :

# sudo apt-get install gnome-bluetooth