Hello Linux Geeksters. As you may know, Phototonic is an image viewer and organizer for Linux systems, created in Qt and C++. The latest version available is Phototonic 1.0.3, which has been recently released, coming with some changes and fixes. From the changelog:
- Added translations for Polish, German and Russian. Many thanks to the translators!
- Added Startup Folder options
- Added Brightness and Contrast controls
- Added Scale Image feature
- Added option to show image name in full screen
- Can now show/hide thumbnail labels in Classic and Compact modes
- Added menu for docks and toolbars visibility
- Improved rename dialog
- Optimizations to thumbnail layouts
- Fixed zooming with mouse wheel direction
- Fixes thumbnails sorting case sensitivity
- Fixes to menu visibility in Ubuntu
- Fixes to Slide show
- Many more small bug fixes
In this article I will show you how to install Phototonic 1.0.3 on Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr, Ubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn Linux Mint 17 Qiana, Pinguy OS 14.04, LXLE 14.04, Elementary OS 0.3 Freya, Deepin 2014, Linux Lite 2.0, Peppermint Five and other Ubuntu 14.04/Ubuntu 14.10 derivative systems.
Because it is available via PPA, installing Phototonic 1.0.3 on the listed Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Pinguy OS, Elementary OS, LXLE, Deepin, Linux Lite, Peppermint systems is easy. All you have to do is add the ppa to your system, update the local repository index and install the phototonic package. Like this:
$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:samrog131/ppa
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install phototonic
Optional, to remove phototonic, do:
$ sudo apt-get remove phototonic
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