When comparing gThumb vs Gwenview, the Slant community recommends gThumb for most people. In the question“What are the best FOSS image viewers for UNIX-like systems?” gThumb is ranked 8th while Gwenview is ranked 11th. The most important reason people chose gThumb is:
I was looking for a app like this. It's almost perfect. Lightweight, simple but with great features, even some advanced features.
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Pros
Pro Lightweight and has great features
I was looking for a app like this. It's almost perfect.
Lightweight, simple but with great features, even some advanced features.
Pro Easy to use
Pro Easy to navigate folders
Pro Quickly view image metadata
Pro Easily resize, crop, flip and rotate
Pro Keyboard shortcuts can be redefined
Pro Images can be sorted by name, date and size
Cons
Con Has a bug that causes certain png files to show brighter than normal
The image, if is a png that contains gamma information, will appear washed out. There is still an open ticket concerning this issue.
Con Very slow on remote folders
Compared to others, like XNview, is VERY slow when retrieving images from shared folders (NFS or Samba).
Con Not lightweight
Needs a lot of KDE packages.