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Fotoxx — the Greatest Little Linux Photo Editor You’ve Never Heard Of

“F-spot, shotwell, solang — some distros are arguing about what
should be the default “simpler than GIMP” image editor. But there’s
one that never seems to get mentioned and deserves a look:
fotoxx

“Despite a name that sounds like a wrinkle treatment, this
little image editor is lightweight and doesn’t have many
dependencies — great for a netbook or other modest machine. And
it’s jam-packed with great features. If it’s not already packaged
for your distro, you can get it at
kornelix.squarespace.com/fotoxx.

“Run fotoxx on an initial image:

fotoxx *.jpg

“Figure 1 shows the main fotoxx window.”

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