Why not replace F-Spot too, with gThumb!

**BbICEP** · November 27th, 2009

Originally Posted by e-Gee

What is easy in gThumb and it is not easy in F-Spot I didn't know that F-Spot is complicated, I just think that the better app with more features should be in default install of Ubuntu and when gThumb become better with more features than F-Spot than it should replace it.

This will be my next book to write

LOOOOOOOOL
Didn't you think about the GIMP? It has much more features of photo editing, but would be removed. Being featurerich is not a reason.

**e-Gee** · November 27th, 2009

Originally Posted by BbICEP

LOOOOOOOOL
Didn't you think about the GIMP? It has much more features of photo editing, but would be removed. Being featurerich is not a reason.

Yes that is true because developers thinks that new users which coming for windows are stupid and don't know how to use Gimp but that is why I will write the book F-Spot for dummies so it is not the same

**animaniac** · November 27th, 2009

Originally Posted by celticbhoy

gthumb is going under some intense work of its own just now :-

http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2009/11/n...ot-killer.html

WOW, sleek, looks very nice. All the more reason to use it. Also, I'm pretty sure it would render Eye of Gnome obsolete too.

Would be cool if someone who actually makes these decisions could comment if there is any possibility of dumping the current setup in favour for gThumb in time for 10.4 or if its too late with UDS having passed (although i don't see why that would be too much of an obstacle). I think it would be a bad move to wait till 10.10 or not dump f-spot at all, if ubuntu is moving towards the more mainstream then there's no reason to keep f-spot which is better suited to enthusiasts (with thousands of pics) and pros than the every day user who has a few hundred pictures.

**andrewabc** · November 27th, 2009

Originally Posted by zekopeko

An assumption based on nothing but the authors "hunch".

Please explain how this is any different than people stating fspot will be much improved for 10.04 release. Everyone is making promises and assumptions. I'll wait for actual results.

So it looks like lots of image editors are in "active" developement (why not if you can be possible default in ubuntu install getting an automatic large user base). Wait and see which is better in two months and pick the best, instead of picking something now not knowing what the end result will be.

**zekopeko** · November 27th, 2009

Originally Posted by andrewabc

Please explain how this is any different than people stating fspot will be much improved for 10.04 release. Everyone is making promises and assumptions. I'll wait for actual results.

Well there are already visible improvement in F-spot. And the current gthumb can't export like F-spot can. So it's still the bloggers hunch, since there never was any export to (insert Web service) functionality in gthumb.

So it looks like lots of image editors are in "active" developement (why not if you can be possible default in ubuntu install getting an automatic large user base). Wait and see which is better in two months and pick the best, instead of picking something now not knowing what the end result will be.

Well this might apply to normal releases but not so much in LTS.
You either add new apps or remove the old defaults but you don't replace the current default with something else.

**zekopeko** · November 27th, 2009

Originally Posted by animaniac

WOW, sleek, looks very nice. All the more reason to use it. Also, I'm pretty sure it would render Eye of Gnome obsolete too.

Would be cool if someone who actually makes these decisions could comment if there is any possibility of dumping the current setup in favour for gThumb in time for 10.4 or if its too late with UDS having passed (although i don't see why that would be too much of an obstacle). I think it would be a bad move to wait till 10.10 or not dump f-spot at all, if ubuntu is moving towards the more mainstream then there's no reason to keep f-spot which is better suited to enthusiasts (with thousands of pics) and pros than the every day user who has a few hundred pictures.

It still doesn't do photo management. It's a more advanced browser for viewing pictures then nautilus is.
And most people don't have a few hundred pictures. More like a few thousands.
And gthumb was removed from the CD because it was between F-spot and EOG in functionality.

**zombiepig** · November 27th, 2009

I'm torn by f-spot. I *want* to like it, but for years it's been screwing up photo date tags, and there's no solution in sight. It's a very serious problem which causes data loss, and needs to be fixed before ubuntu puts more emphasis on directing users to f-spot.
The gthumb rewrite looks promising. If it can manage to do the basics f-spot does, and let me write photo titles and descriptions SAFELY back to my files (without affecting any other exif data), then I'm backing gthumb.

**slumbergod** · November 27th, 2009

My vote goes for gThumb.
Actually, I will vote for anything that makes Mono libraries unnecessary by default. Opt-in, not Opt-out.

**zekopeko** · November 27th, 2009

Originally Posted by slumbergod

My vote goes for gThumb.
Actually, I will vote for anything that makes Mono libraries unnecessary by default. Opt-in, not Opt-out.

My vote goes for blueMarine
Actually, I will vote for anything that makes C libraries unnecessary by default. Opt-in, not Opt-out.
Java FTW!!!!! /s

**benjamimgois** · November 27th, 2009

Originally Posted by slumbergod

My vote goes for gThumb.
Actually, I will vote for anything that makes Mono libraries unnecessary by default. Opt-in, not Opt-out.

My vote goes to anything that makes users life easier and more intuitive. If F-Spot became better in the next couple o months it should be it, if gthumb gets better, we should use it.

Checking the latest versions: Gthumb 2.11 is getting better.... maybe it could replace EOG and F-Spot