Quote Originally Posted by Frans
I am surprised that no one has commented on UFRaw? I find this an excellent program and I actually use more often than “Essential RAWShooter”. This mainly due to its 16bit curve facilities.
I found UFRaw near impossible to install successfully ... without also installing the GIMP.
Probably because the GTK+ toolkit install failed.
I found it almost impossible to use.
I was completely unable to produce an acceptable image from even a properly exposed RAW file.
It lasted about 5 minutes on my machine.

Raw Shooter Essentials installed without needing other applications or toolkits and worked immediately with understandable, usable controls.

UFRaw looks like a developer's application, whereas RSE looks like a user's application.
Seems I am no longer a code hacking geek, I'm turning into a PHB