Reply #7: Too much work ...

[RoyGBiv]

As I tend to tell people before they embark on a Linux adventure, they will save themselves a lot of frustration if they first understand it will not work the same as Windows or Mac because it is different. That must be understood and accepted; otherwise one will be annoyed and fed up after using Linux for a couple days.

Simplicity is relative to what you're familiar with. I find OSX to be the most complicated mess I've ever seen. Why? I don't use Macs, but I don't go about claiming Macs are complicated. The blame for this is with my own lack of familiarity.

Anyway ...

It sounds to me as though you're unfamiliar with the way the file system is organized and with the language used in Linux docs. I've never used F-Spot, but based on what you've written, it is telling you the photos were saved in a directory called Photos. This would be in your Home directory. We represent this in writing as ~/Photos where the ~ character is shorthand for /home/<username>/, so the files are saved in /home/<username>/Photos

Syrinx gave the easiest advice on finding the files.

As for getting help, there are several of us here who use Linux on a daily basis, but we're not around all the time. However, many, many forums exist for Linux generally, your distribution specifically, or even individual applications. It is usually simply a matter of Googling to find a good forum. I have found a lot of help at:

www.linuxquestions.org

They have an Ubuntu specific sub-forum.

Do note that seasoned experts will often give you advice and instructions in the form of command line statements. They do this because the command line statements are always the same. It doesn't matter what version of Linux you are using, what distribution, what desktop environment, etc. ls -l will always give you a long listing of items in your directory. So, just be aware of that.