Import your photos and videos efficiently and reliably. Rapid Photo Downloader for Linux is written by a photographer for professional and amateur photographers. Its goal is to be the best photo and video downloader for the Linux Desktop. It is free software, released under the GNU GPL license. You can install Rapid Photo Downloader using the Damon Lynch PPA for Rapid Photo Downloader.
To add the PPA and install Rapid Photo Downloader open a terminal window (press Ctrl+Alt+T) and copy+paste the following lines:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:dlynch3/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install rapid-photo-downloader
When Rapid Photo Downloader is installed you can close the terminal window and to start Rapid Photo Downloader press the SuperKey and type: rapid photo downloader
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Some features are:
Generates meaningful, user configurable file and folder names
Downloads photos and videos from multiple devices simultaneously
Backs up photos and videos as they are downloaded
Is carefully optimized to download and back up at high speed
Easy to configure and use
Runs under Gnome, KDE and other Linux desktop environments
Available in twenty nine languages
Program configuration and use is fully documented