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[#]: subject: "How to View AVIF Images in Ubuntu and Other Linux Distributions"
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[#]: via: "https://itsfoss.com/view-avif-images-linux/"
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[#]: author: "Abhishek Prakash https://itsfoss.com/"
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[#]: collector: "lkxed"
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How to View AVIF Images in Ubuntu and Other Linux Distributions
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PNGs are the best when it comes to quality but they are huge in size and hence not ideal for websites.
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JPEGs reduce the file size but they reduce the quality of the images significantly.
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WebP is a relatively newer format that produces better-quality images with significantly smaller sizes.
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Now, [AVIF][1] is a new file format that compresses images without sacrificing quality. They are smaller than WebP for the same image quality.
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[Linux has started providing WebP support][2] recently. However, AVIF image format is not yet supported by default in many distributions.
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If you download an image in AVIF format from the web, it won’t display the thumbnail.
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![avif image no thumbnail][3]
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And if you try to open it with the default image viewer, it is likely to show ‘unrecognized image file format’ error.
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![avif images dont open linux][4]
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So, what’s the solution? Can you not view AVIF images on Linux at all?
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Nope, that’s not the case. There is always a workaround when it comes to Linux.
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### Viewing AVIF image files in Linux
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There is a handy [image viewer][5] called gThumb that can be used for opening AVIF images on Linux.
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It should be available in the repositories of most Linux distributions, if not all.
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On Ubuntu and Debian-based distributions, use the following command to install gThumb.
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sudo apt install gthumb
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```
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![install gthumb ubuntu][6]
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Once installed, select an AVIF image, right-click on it and select “Open With” option. Here, select gThumb, make it default for AVIF images and open it.
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![make gthumb default for avif][7]
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gThumb shows all the images from the same folder in thumbnail format under the opened image.
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![avif image opened with gthumb in linux][8]
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Once you open AVIF images with gThumb, they should also be displayed with thumbnails.
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![avif image thumbnail][9]
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That’s it. You can now enjoy AVIF images on your Linux desktop.
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### Conclusion
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gThumb is an extremely versatile and capable application. It makes me wonder why it is not used as the default image viewer in GNOME or other desktop environments and distributions.
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And about default AVIF support in Linux, sooner or later it will be added. For now, gThumb does the job.
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via: https://itsfoss.com/view-avif-images-linux/
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作者：[Abhishek Prakash][a]
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选题：[lkxed][b]
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[a]: https://itsfoss.com/
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[b]: https://github.com/lkxed
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[1]: https://aomediacodec.github.io/av1-avif/
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[2]: https://itsfoss.com/webp-ubuntu-linux/
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[3]: https://itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/avif-image-no-thumbnail.png
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[4]: https://itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/avif-images-dont-open-linux.png
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[5]: https://itsfoss.com/image-viewers-linux/
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[6]: https://itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/install-gthumb-ubuntu.png
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[7]: https://itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/make-gthumb-default-for-avif.png
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[8]: https://itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/avif-image-opened-with-gthumb-in-linux.webp
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[9]: https://itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/avif-image-thumbnail.png
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