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Everyone seems to have a strong opinion on photo managers.. which photo manager do you prefer to use and would like to see in MX KDE?

None of them. I'm to fawn for XnView

Irfanview is a single step away should MX25 come with Wine.

Gwenview.
Because I think any KDE implementation should come with as many KDE apps as possible.
KDE is a case apart among DEs insofar as the many KDE applications are designed and maintained by the same team and they're integrated in the whole ecosystem seamlessly.
I know some are not without faults, but most are good and some are brilliant.

gimcrack wrote: Tue Jan 28, 2025 4:35 pmNone of them. I'm to fawn for XnView

+1.
I was a great IrfanView user in my Windows days, but XnViewMP is a more than capable replacement... especially if it's well configured (this'll take some time but makes it a fast and reliable pic manager).

1. Is XnView in the repos?
2. Is XnView native app (use KDE/Qt framework)?

I will probably not include apps that are not in the Debian repo (or at least MX repo) and I will give priority for KDE/Qt apps.

DigiKam seems to be the best photo manager. GwenView is more like a viewer than a manager.

And even then, as a simple photo viewer nomacs or qView work much better and are significantly faster.

XnView also for me

Adrian wrote: Wed Jan 29, 2025 9:43 am1. Is XnView in the repos?
2. Is XnView native app (use KDE/Qt framework)?

FWIW, MXPI tells me it's a Popular Application and it also appears in the main repo. As to Qt apparently it's a Qt app: https://forum.xnview.com/viewtopic.php?t=40264

Don't listen to MXPI, it lies. It's not in the Debian or MX repo, it pulls it directly with this command "wget https://download.xnview.com/XnViewMP-linux-x64.deb"