My photo archival software is jpegs in a directory called 'photos'. Sometimes with subdirectories by date. Backed up however I'm backing up my computer.
For true durability, you've got to embrace the lowest common denominator.
Those rare features you can only get from Software X will lock you into Software X. If you want your archive to outlive Software X, you gotta do without them.
100% agreed. Protip: You can store metadata tags like the location or people in the picture by including them in the filenames of those jpegs, and then search it with a tool like "find".
For true durability, you've got to embrace the lowest common denominator.
Those rare features you can only get from Software X will lock you into Software X. If you want your archive to outlive Software X, you gotta do without them.