On Windows I really liked IrfanView as a basic image editor/manager. Some of the main features I liked were

  • great shortcut keys
  • good batch conversion options
  • ability to work with many image file formats
  • easy viewing of images in a folder
  • ability to open the program and paste the clipboard and do a quick save
  • simple cropping

Though it did have a lot of features, they tended not to get in the way of simple tasks.

What would be a good replacement on Ubuntu?


The good replacement is gthumb. You can easily install it through Ubuntu Software Center. It has all functions that you require.


Nomacs is the best replacement for me. To install it:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nomacs/stable
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install nomacs