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Quick File Previewer `Gloobus Preview` Updated To Work With Ubuntu 16.04, 15.10, 14.04 / Linux Mint 17.x

| Date: January 06, 2015 | View Comments | Tags: customization, gloobus preview, linux, linux mint, nautilus, nemo, ubuntu

Gloobus Preview is a quick file previewer which supports images, documents (pdf, odf, ods, etc.), source files, audio (mp3, wav, ogg and more), video (avi, ogg, mkv, flv, etc.), folders, archives, fonts, plain text files and more.

Gloobus Preview

The tool stopped working with recent Ubuntu versions but thanks to György Balló, you can now use Gloobus Preview in Ubuntu 14.04 and 14.10 (and obviously, other Linux distributions). Update: the PPA now also supports Ubuntu 16.04 and 15.10.

György has fixed various bugs and ported the application to use the latest technologies, along with some new features:

Gloobus Preview Update Brings GTK3 And Ubuntu 12.04 Support, More

| Date: April 06, 2012 | View Comments | Tags: eyecandy, gloobus preview, linux, marlin, nautilus, previews, ubuntu

gloobus preview nautilus 3.4

Gloobus Preview is an quick file previewer which supports images, documents (pdf, odf, ods, etc.), source files, audio (mp3, wav, ogg and more), video (avi, ogg, mkv, flv, etc.), folders, archives, fonts, plain text files and more.

Gloobus Preview was recently fixed so it now works with Ubuntu 12.04 too. Besides the Ubuntu 12.04 fix, the latest Gloobus Preview from BZR comes with GTK3 support, support for password-protected documents, a rewritten documents plugin, WebM support, fixed ttf, pdf and video plugins and other fixes.

Install Nautilus Elementary 2.32.2 In Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal And 10.10 Maverick Meerkat

| Date: March 20, 2011 | View Comments | Tags: gloobus preview, linux, nautilus elementary, tips n tricks, ubuntu

Nautilus Elementary screenshot

Since Nautilus Elementary 2.32.2 has just been uploaded to the PPA for Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal and 10.10 Maverick Meerkat, I had to write a new post about installing it as well as some extra goodies.

Nautilus Elementary 2.32.2 comes with all the features the previous version had (but no new features) as well as many bug fixes. Also, the search is not using Zeitgeist anymore.

Gloobus Preview PPA Updated

| Date: June 11, 2010 | View Comments | Tags: gloobus preview, linux, ubuntu


gloobus preview new version preview fonts

Just a quick update: if you want all the changes in the new Gloobus Preview we were telling you about a few days ago, you can now install it via Gloobus PPA:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gloobus-dev/gloobus-preview
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install gloobus-preview


If you have Nautilus Elementary PPA added, you can also install Gloobus Preview from that PPA!

Gloobus Preview Gets Slideshow Support, Font Installation And More [BZR]

| Date: June 09, 2010 | View Comments | Tags: gloobus preview, linux, ubuntu

Gloobus Preview is a "Quicklook" application for Linux which you can use to preview many kinds of file types - from images to fonts, music, documents and so on.

There haven't been a new Gloobus Preview version in quite a while but the application got some nice features since the last stable version (in BZR): Gloobus Preview can now install fonts, set an image as the wallpaper, uses a new fancy new look for previewing fonts and it can use your GTK theme instead of the default theme Gloobus Preview comes with.

Also, Gloobus Preview can now display slideshows. Simply open an image using Gloobus Preview and press "s".


Screenshots with the latest Gloobus Preview



New look for the font preview:

gloobus preview new version preview fonts

Update: Gloobus Preview PPA For Ubuntu 10.04

| Date: April 24, 2010 | View Comments | Tags: gloobus, gloobus preview, linux, ubuntu

This is just a small update: there are now Lucid packages available in the Gloobus Preview PPA. The post on Gloobus Preview for Ubuntu 10.04 has been updated.

How To Install Gloobus Preview In Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx [PPA Now Available]

| Date: April 24, 2010 | View Comments | Tags: gloobus, gloobus preview, linux, ubuntu

gloobus

Gloobus Preview is a Gnome application based on Apple’s “Quicklook”, designed to enable a full screen preview of any kind of file. Gloobus currently supports the following files:

Images: jpeg / png / icns / bmp / svg / gif / psd / xcf
Documents: pdf / cbr / cbz / doc / xls / odf / ods / odp / ppt
Source: c++ / c# / java / javascript / php / xml / log / sh / python
Audio: mp3 / ogg / midi / 3gp / wav
Video: mpg /avi / ogg / 3gp / mkv / flv
Other: folders / ttf / srt / plain-text


I didn't try all the extensions mentioned above, however I did try a GIMP .xcf file and for some reason it didn't work. But it did work for images, avi, flv, folders, mp3, archive and so on.

gloobus preview mp3



Gloobus Preview has a PPA for Ubuntu Karmic, but unfortunately there are no packages for Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx so to install it, you need to compile it. Read on!

The Gloobus Preview PPA has just been updated with Ubuntu 10.04 packages! Read on!


Before proceeding to installing Gloobus Preview in Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx, here is a video I've just recorded with Gloobus Preview in action:

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