Here’s the Deal
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When comparing Ristretto 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 Ristretto is ranked 19th. 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 Fast startup
Pro Lightweight
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.
Cons
Con Lack of critical shortcuts and functions like moving the image up and down once zoomed (something like Alt+Down/PgDown on some viewers)
Con Crashes sometimes on large images
No cons yet!