photo-managementsoftware-recommendation
I'm looking for an app to view photos in folders, which can display properties (like time taken) next to photo. I want to view photos in folders as they are, without importing them to some library like in Shotwell or Digikam.
What would you recommend?
Your library location is the folder which Shotwell scans. For instance in my case «Fotos» is the only folder Shotwell scans.
When you import a folder with pictures into Shotwell it gives you two options:
In the first case, Copy Photos, Shotwell will store a local copy of the pictures in your computer. Thus, if you import from a removable drive, you will always have a copy of them available.
In the second case, Import in Place, shotwell will only create links to the pictures, thus if you unplug a removable drive with the pictures they will not be available.
If you want to preserve your structure of folders for your pictures I recommend that you copy your pictures manually to your hard drive (Pictures folder is a good option). After that you can Import in Place from shotwell (does not make sense to have 2 local copies of your pictures) and you will have them available. Shotwell will still classify them by date (default), but then you can 'Tag' your pictures if you want to arrange them in a different order (e.g. 'my birthday').
Best Answer
Try
gthumb
It is a powerful image viewer with many awesome features. I'm not sure if it can show the data next to the images, but you don't need to add a library.
If you enable the side pane in
eog(View menu - you can get this info at the side as well.To enable this btw you need to have the exif display plugin enabled in preferences. If you do not have this plugin, install eog-plugins
.