Why GNOME Replaced Eye of GNOME with Loupe as the Default Image Viewer

Posted by bob on Aug 19, 2025 11:13 PM CST
Linux Journal; By George Whittaker
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For over two decades, Eye of GNOME (often shortened to EOG) was the silent workhorse of the GNOME desktop environment. It wasn’t flashy, but it did exactly what most people expected: double-click a picture, and it opened instantly. Yet, with the arrival of GNOME 45 in late 2023, a new name appeared in the lineup of “core” apps: Loupe. From that moment forward, Loupe became the official default image viewer on GNOME desktops, displacing EOG.

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