When comparing Geeqie vs GPicView, the Slant community recommends GPicView for most people. In the question“What are the best FOSS image viewers for UNIX-like systems?” GPicView is ranked 13th while Geeqie is ranked 14th. The most important reason people chose GPicView is:
When opening multiple images at once it opens every single picture in a separate window.
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Pros
Pro Easy navigation through directory structure, thumbnails can be kept local
Pro Able to delete multiple
If you want an editor that can delete multiple files as you scroll through the list, this seems to work well.
Pro Multiple windows
When opening multiple images at once it opens every single picture in a separate window.
Pro Functional
It has all the necessary functions that you can reasonably expect from a lightweight image viewer: you can view all the image files in a directory, rotate and save them.
Pro Customizable
Pro Extremely lightweight
And still you can browse all images in a directory.