Simple photo improvements: Fotoxx or alternatives?

[Jerry Houston]

On Tuesday 19 May 2009 03:22:44 Dotan Cohen wrote:
> A new Ubuntu user asked my what programs are good for simple digital
> photo improvements (colour / balance correction, noise reduction, red
> eye removal, etc). I googled and found Fotoxx but I'd like the
> community's input as well. What applications are recommended?
>
> I forgot to ask what program he was using on Windows, but I know that
> he viewed photos in Infranview (just last week!).

I like Digikam a lot, for tasks that don't require the full power of the GIMP.