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212| Mon, 19 May 2008 23:42:00 GMT| cmr_pent_gmail_com| Comments (9)
Hi all!

I've migrated to Debian not long ago, and I'm looking for some really
nice image viewer.

Back then my favourite viewer was XnView. It is fast, easy-to-use,
keyboard-friendly, allows to perform simple transformations, has many
really handy features like EXIF auto-orientation.

Imagemagick's display seems to be a true *nix way, but I couldn't
figure how to configure it to auto-size images, and overall it seems
to be a poor viewer.

EOG is nice, but it is a part of GNOME -- has poor manual, starts
slowly and required many components I would normally uninstall (I use
fluxbox).

gliv is fast, and I mean F-A-S-T! Also it is handy and keyboard-
friendly, but lacks features (no transformations and no EXIF goodies).
For slideshows it seems the best option though.

So, what is your favourite viewer and why?

Keywords & Tags: favourite, image, viewer, debian

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On Mon, 13 Aug 2007 01:18:08 -0700,
cmr.Pent...gmail.com <cmr.Pent...gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all!
> I've migrated to Debian not long ago, and I'm looking for some really
> nice image viewer.
> Back then my favourite viewer was XnView. It is fast, easy-to-use,
> keyboard-friendly, allows to perform simple transformations, has many
> really handy features like EXIF auto-orientation.
> Imagemagick's display seems to be a true *nix way, but I couldn't
> figure how to configure it to auto-size images, and overall it seems
> to be a poor viewer.
> EOG is nice, but it is a part of GNOME -- has poor manual, starts
> slowly and required many components I would normally uninstall (I use
> fluxbox).
> gliv is fast, and I mean F-A-S-T! Also it is handy and keyboard-
> friendly, but lacks features (no transformations and no EXIF goodies).
> For slideshows it seems the best option though.
> So, what is your favourite viewer and why?

I'm partial to XV. I don't think there's a deb for it, as it's
essentially shareware, and you basically need to add a lot of patches
that aren't distributed by the author. It's keyboard friendly, allows
simple transformations, has a complete manual (postscript). I haven't
heard of any patches to make use of EXIF data though.

Michael C.
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michaelc | Mon, 19 May 2008 23:43:00 GMT |

On Mon, 13 Aug 2007 01:18:08 -0700, cmr.Pent...gmail.com wrote:

> Hi all!
> I've migrated to Debian not long ago, and I'm looking for some really
> nice image viewer.
> Back then my favourite viewer was XnView. It is fast, easy-to-use,
> keyboard-friendly, allows to perform simple transformations, has many
> really handy features like EXIF auto-orientation.
> Imagemagick's display seems to be a true *nix way, but I couldn't
> figure how to configure it to auto-size images, and overall it seems
> to be a poor viewer.
> EOG is nice, but it is a part of GNOME -- has poor manual, starts
> slowly and required many components I would normally uninstall (I use
> fluxbox).
> gliv is fast, and I mean F-A-S-T! Also it is handy and keyboard-
> friendly, but lacks features (no transformations and no EXIF goodies).
> For slideshows it seems the best option though.
> So, what is your favourite viewer and why?

gwenview - it works.
gqview

ray | Mon, 19 May 2008 23:44:00 GMT |

On Mon, 13 Aug 2007 01:18:08 -0700, cmr.Pent...gmail.com wrote:

> So, what is your favourite viewer and why?

gThumb; it's small and neat and still being developed.
Chris Game

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chrisgame | Mon, 19 May 2008 23:45:00 GMT |

Chris Game wrote:
> On Mon, 13 Aug 2007 01:18:08 -0700, cmr.Pent...gmail.com wrote:
>
> gThumb; it's small and neat and still being developed.
>

I second gthumb - been using it for years and the upgrades truly are
that. It gets better and faster with every version.

JR.
Bill will have to take Linux from my cold, dead flippers.

-Tux.

johnnyrebel | Mon, 19 May 2008 23:46:00 GMT |

Thanks, I've tried gqview and it's so nice!
Bye-bye Eye-Of-Gnome ;-)

cmr_pent_gmail_com | Mon, 19 May 2008 23:47:00 GMT |

Johnny Rebel <rebelATT...magmaDOTT.ca> writes:
>Chris Game wrote:
>I second gthumb - been using it for years and the upgrades truly are
>that. It gets better and faster with every version.

Not really. I use twm as window manager, and gthumb used to work
nicely for me, until I switched to Etch. Now full-screen mode sucks.
Hmm, I should report this as bug.

- anton
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antonertl | Mon, 19 May 2008 23:48:00 GMT |

Anton Ertl wrote:
> Johnny Rebel <rebelATT...magmaDOTT.ca> writes:
> Not really. I use twm as window manager, and gthumb used to work
> nicely for me, until I switched to Etch. Now full-screen mode sucks.
> Hmm, I should report this as bug.
> - anton

I am a Gnome user and have not noticed anything sucking to bad. I do a
lot of slide shows etc... and don't have any issues. My image sizes
have gotten larger, so sometimes in full screen mode it will stall for
about a half a second (sometimes) while is seemingly is caching images
or something - that is the only thing I have noticed. Images are about
2.5MB each, and it only seems to do this on my laptop (Pentium M 1Ghz, a
slow little bugger).

JR.
Bill will have to take Linux from my cold, dead flippers.

-Tux.

johnnyrebel | Mon, 19 May 2008 23:49:00 GMT |

Johnny Rebel <rebelATT...magmaDOTT.ca> writes:
>Anton Ertl wrote:
>I am a Gnome user and have not noticed anything sucking to bad.

Yes, I guess this is a regression that does not occur with more
popular window managers, in particular Gnome's; they would have fixed
it before release then.

The involved gthumb versions are 2.6.3 (fine) and 2.8.0 (not so fine).

- anton
--
M. Anton Ertl Some things have to be seen to be believed
anton...mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at Most things have to be believed to be seen
http://www.complang.tuwien.ac.at/anton/home.html

antonertl | Mon, 19 May 2008 23:50:00 GMT |

Anton Ertl wrote:
> Johnny Rebel <rebelATT...magmaDOTT.ca> writes:
> Yes, I guess this is a regression that does not occur with more
> popular window managers, in particular Gnome's; they would have fixed
> it before release then.
> The involved gthumb versions are 2.6.3 (fine) and 2.8.0 (not so fine).
> - anton

heheheh, I never looked at my version... it is 2.7.8 on my desktop, it
seems fine to me and 2.6.5 on my laptop, not quite as fine. So, I
believe you are on to something here... Might have to just upgrade my
laptop version.

JR.
Bill will have to take Linux from my cold, dead flippers.

-Tux.

johnnyrebel | Mon, 19 May 2008 23:51:00 GMT |

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