(off topic) lightweight image editor on linux ?

Hi,

I understand gqview is a viewer, only a viewer, and that's good.

But I'm looking for a simple editor, for common tasks like:
 - cropping
 - brightness/contrast control (aka threhshold/gamma)
 - histogram visualization/modification
 - colour balance.

The gimp is *way* too slow !
(even on a P4 3GHz 1Gb RAM, with 6Mpixel images)

I'm a long time unix user, so I still use "xv" !
ImageMagick is very nice for automated jobs, but its UI is awful.

Is there something more modern, with similar features ?

Do you think that we need something intermediate between gqview
and the  gimp ?

Thank you
Emmanuel




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