Why was F-Spot replaced with Shotwell in Ubuntu 10.10?

Solution 1:

The specification for this decision is here

Here (Sorry, this show has been removed from Blip.) is a video clip where we discussed Shotwell (and other apps) at the Ubuntu Developer Summit.

Solution 2:

Essentially the choice was made upstream (by Gnome). But there are a lot of advantages:

• No Mono
• It's lightweight and crash free
• Better integrated with the Gnome Desktop
• It has support for the RAW format
• Some basic editing capabilities

As stated on the comment above the elimination of Mono from the default install would be a huge bonus, less occupied space, and less conspiracy theories evolving Microsoft and .Net running about.