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== Image Viewers ==
== Image Viewers ==
Software:
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* '''[http://comix.sourceforge.net/ Comix]''' - GTK Comic Book Viewer
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: ''Comix is a user-friendly, customizable image viewer. It is specifically designed to handle comic books, but also serves as a generic viewer.''


=== Reviews ===
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* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_image_viewers Comparison of image viewers on Wikipedia]
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* [http://techcityinc.com/2009/03/10-best-image-viewers-for-linux/ 10 Best Image Viewers for Linux - TechCityInc]
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* [http://jcornuz.wordpress.com/2008/06/05/what-is-a-good-image-viewer/ What is a good image viewer? « Linux Photography]
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:: Recommends '''Ristretto''' for simple use case, and '''gThumb''' for more advanced uses.

=== Image Managers ===
* '''[http://www.digikam.org/ Digikam]'''
* '''[http://www.digikam.org/ Digikam]'''
: ''digiKam is an advanced digital photo management application for Linux, Windows, and Mac-OSX.''
: ''digiKam is an advanced digital photo management application for Linux, Windows, and Mac-OSX.''
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* '''[http://f-spot.org/Main_Page F-Spot]'''


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* '''[http://f-spot.org/Main_Page F-Spot]'''
: ''F-Spot is a full-featured personal photo management application for the GNOME desktop''
: ''F-Spot is a full-featured personal photo management application for the GNOME desktop''
: '''User comment''': Haapparently the bad habit to save files without notice...
: '''User comment''': Has apparently the bad habit to save files without notice...
: '''My comment''': <font color="red">Extremely bad!</font> Can't browse a complete folder with a simple click on a photo in the folder and can't access the full interface. Very slow. Crappy slideshow with fade-in fade-out that can't be disabled at first sight!


* '''[http://code.google.com/p/galapix/ Galapix]'''
* '''[http://www.xnview.com/ XnView]'''
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: ''XnView is a free software to view, organise, convert graphics and photos files or to create slide show, contact sheet, HTML pages.''
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: Tool focused on viewing very large collections of images at once, with smooth zooming from thumbnail down to original size


=== Middle Solutions ===
* '''[http://gqview.sourceforge.net/ Gqview]'''
* '''[http://gqview.sourceforge.net/ GqView]'''
:''an image browser that features single click access to view images and move around the directory tree''
:''an image browser that features single click access to view images and move around the directory tree''


* '''[http://gthumb.sourceforge.net/ GThumb]'''
* '''[http://gthumb.sourceforge.net/ gThumb]'''
: ''gThumb is an image viewer and browser for the GNOME Desktop.''
: ''gThumb is an image viewer and browser for the GNOME Desktop.''
: '''My comment''': <font color="purple">Very promising!</font> Fast image viewer, easy browsing, can view all the photos in one folder by clicking a file in Nautilus, and then go back to the full interface (à la ACDSee).


* '''[http://gwenview.sourceforge.net/ Gwenview]'''
* '''[http://gwenview.sourceforge.net/ Gwenview]'''
: ''Gwenview is a fast and easy to use image viewer for KDE.''
: ''Gwenview is a fast and easy to use image viewer for KDE.''

=== Simple Viewers ===
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* '''[http://comix.sourceforge.net/ Comix]''' - GTK Comic Book Viewer
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: ''Comix is a user-friendly, customizable image viewer. It is specifically designed to handle comic books, but also serves as a generic viewer.''

* '''[http://projects.gnome.org/eog/ Eye of Gnome]''' - The GNOME Image Viewer
: ''The Eye of GNOME image viewer is the official image viewer for the GNOME Desktop environment''
: '''My comment''': <font color="purple">Interesting!</font> Fast simple little image viewer. Default image viewer in GNOME.

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* '''[http://code.google.com/p/galapix/ Galapix]'''
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: Tool focused on viewing very large collections of images at once, with smooth zooming from thumbnail down to original size


* '''[http://picasa.google.com/ Picasa]''' from Google
* '''[http://picasa.google.com/ Picasa]''' from Google
: ''Picasa is free photo editing software from Google that makes your pictures look great.''
: ''Picasa is free photo editing software from Google that makes your pictures look great.''


* '''[http://spiegl.de/qiv/ Qiv]''' - Quick Image Viewer
* '''[http://spiegl.de/qiv/ QIV]''' - Quick Image Viewer
: ''... is a very small and pretty fast gdk/lmlib image viewer''
: ''... is a very small and pretty fast gdk/lmlib image viewer''
: '''user comment''': ''very fast. looks very sparse to begin with, but has everything you need without cluttering up your display.''
: '''user comment''': ''very fast. looks very sparse to begin with, but has everything you need without cluttering up your display.''
: '''My comment''': <font color="purple">Very interesting!</font> <u>Very</u> fast command-line image viewer. Type '''<code>qiv -tf *</code>''' to view all photos in current folder in full screen mode and best-fit zoom. Press '''F1''' for help.


* '''[http://goodies.xfce.org/projects/applications/ristretto Ristretto]'''
* '''[http://goodies.xfce.org/projects/applications/ristretto Ristretto]'''
: ''Ristretto is a fast and lightweight picture-viewer for the Xfce desktop environment''
: ''Ristretto is a fast and lightweight picture-viewer for the Xfce desktop environment''

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* '''[http://www.xnview.com/ XnView]'''
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: ''XnView is a free software to view, organise, convert graphics and photos files or to create slide show, contact sheet, HTML pages.''


* '''[http://www.trilon.com/xv/ xv]'''
* '''[http://www.trilon.com/xv/ xv]'''
: The historical image viewer and editor for Linux
: The historical image viewer and editor for Linux


Some reviews:
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* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_image_viewers Comparison of image viewers on Wikipedia]
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* [http://techcityinc.com/2009/03/10-best-image-viewers-for-linux/ 10 Best Image Viewers for Linux - TechCityInc]
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* [http://jcornuz.wordpress.com/2008/06/05/what-is-a-good-image-viewer/ What is a good image viewer? « Linux Photography]
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:: Recommends '''Ristretto''' for simple use case, and '''GThumb''' for more advanced uses.

Revision as of 21:27, 23 October 2009

This page lists and comments interesting software on Linux

Image Viewers

Reviews

Recommends Ristretto for simple use case, and gThumb for more advanced uses.

Image Managers

digiKam is an advanced digital photo management application for Linux, Windows, and Mac-OSX.
F-Spot is a full-featured personal photo management application for the GNOME desktop
User comment: Has apparently the bad habit to save files without notice...
My comment: Extremely bad! Can't browse a complete folder with a simple click on a photo in the folder and can't access the full interface. Very slow. Crappy slideshow with fade-in fade-out that can't be disabled at first sight!
XnView is a free software to view, organise, convert graphics and photos files or to create slide show, contact sheet, HTML pages.

Middle Solutions

an image browser that features single click access to view images and move around the directory tree
gThumb is an image viewer and browser for the GNOME Desktop.
My comment: Very promising! Fast image viewer, easy browsing, can view all the photos in one folder by clicking a file in Nautilus, and then go back to the full interface (à la ACDSee).
Gwenview is a fast and easy to use image viewer for KDE.

Simple Viewers

  • Comix - GTK Comic Book Viewer
Comix is a user-friendly, customizable image viewer. It is specifically designed to handle comic books, but also serves as a generic viewer.
The Eye of GNOME image viewer is the official image viewer for the GNOME Desktop environment
My comment: Interesting! Fast simple little image viewer. Default image viewer in GNOME.
Tool focused on viewing very large collections of images at once, with smooth zooming from thumbnail down to original size
Picasa is free photo editing software from Google that makes your pictures look great.
  • QIV - Quick Image Viewer
... is a very small and pretty fast gdk/lmlib image viewer
user comment: very fast. looks very sparse to begin with, but has everything you need without cluttering up your display.
My comment: Very interesting! Very fast command-line image viewer. Type qiv -tf * to view all photos in current folder in full screen mode and best-fit zoom. Press F1 for help.
Ristretto is a fast and lightweight picture-viewer for the Xfce desktop environment
The historical image viewer and editor for Linux
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