photo organizer

[torreydale]

The other comments in this thread already mentioned gthumb and shotwell as photo manager options.  They can both be installed via Install/Remove Software (Menu, System, Install/Remove Software).  Or you can just copy and paste the following in a terminal:

Code:

sudo apt-get install shotwell

or

Code:

sudo apt-get install gthumb

If gthumb and shotwell do not provide enough editing options, an alternative to GIMP would be Pinta.  It can also be installed using Install/Remove Software or by copying and pasting the following:

Code:

sudo apt-get install pinta

Lastly, it sounds like you and your friend are aware that there are a lot of tools out there, but you don't know the names of them.  In addition to coming to this forum, I suggest two things.  First Web searching what you're looking for.  In this case, a simple search on the terms "photo manager Linux" led to some good options.  Secondly, a graphical software center might help.  For the people I've introduced to LL, I've installed the Lubuntu Software Center.  There is an entire category for Graphic software packages, and all of the programs are free.  The Lubuntu Software Center can be installed via Install/Remove Software or by copying and pasting the following:

Code:

sudo apt-get install lubuntu-software-center