Gloobus is a sexy file previewer for your Gnome desktop
Gloobus-Preview is a truly awesome extension for the GNOME Desktop environment for Linux. It gives you a full screen preview of most file types. Based on Apple's Quicklook you can, for example, display the currently played mp3 including a cover window and lyrics on your desktop while playing music with your favorite player like Amarok or Songbird.
In other words, you can access a huge number of file types without first launching the applications associated with that file first. It's useful for browsing your pictures (from, say, last night pub) or to create a simple slide show on your desktop.
Gloobus can currently preview over 40 file formats including image, document, audio, video, and programming language files.
Ubuntu and all Debian based distributions can get Gloobus installed by downloading the .deb file, Archlinux users can download their package here. For any other Linux distribution you can compile Gloobus from the source code.
In other words, you can access a huge number of file types without first launching the applications associated with that file first. It's useful for browsing your pictures (from, say, last night pub) or to create a simple slide show on your desktop.
Gloobus can currently preview over 40 file formats including image, document, audio, video, and programming language files.
Ubuntu and all Debian based distributions can get Gloobus installed by downloading the .deb file, Archlinux users can download their package here. For any other Linux distribution you can compile Gloobus from the source code.













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Subscribe to commentsJoshFeb 20th 2010 2:19PM
Interesting service and all but, they need a fact checker.
The album cover shown there is "Second Stage Turbine Blade" not "In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3." A Favor House Atlantic is on the latter.
Fail Gloobus.
silversunFeb 20th 2010 3:36PM
yea...i signed in to mention that haha
DemoFeb 20th 2010 10:36PM
I was also wondering about that! I was like "that's...that's not right."
ZoOLFeb 20th 2010 10:53PM
@Josh
You are wrong! Blame on the search engine not the software, btw this is Cover Gloobus!! not Gloobus Preview.. Please correct the information please
Here is the correct info:
http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/02/covergloobus-16-wow-lives-up-to-its.html
http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2009/12/gloobus-getting-new-interface-designed.html
BrendanFeb 21st 2010 2:05PM
I got excited when I saw the SSTB album cover. Then I realized that they associated that with the wrong song.
D:
zhueworldMar 31st 2010 11:47PM
It's useful for browsing your pictures (from, say, last night pub) or to create a simple slide show on your desktop.
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