Last Updated on August 11, 2021
Summary
Regards is very different to your standard image viewer affair. The software offers much more than the typical program in this field.
There’s so much to like about Regards. Besides the huge support for a wide range of image formats, there’s excellent support for video files. The ability to treat videos like images is intriguing. We really like the OpenGL and OpenCL support which offers sublime performance when exploring a huge catalogue of images and files.
It’s true that the program is idiosyncratic, but if you can tolerate its foibles, you’ll be very happy with the program.
Our biggest concern about Regards lies with installation and stability issues. The severity of these issues is largely dependent on the distribution you’re running. You’ll be fine if you’re using Ubuntu or Ubuntu-based distros, but we ran into lots of issues with running the software on Arch receiving many segmentation faults. And from feedback from others, you’re probably best looking elsewhere if you’re using non-Ubuntu/Debian based distros. But if you stick with Ubuntu, this is a first class program.
Regards uses numerous external libraries such as SQLite, FFMpeg, FreeImage, x265, and QPDF.
The program could warrant a lot more testing, as it’s easy to find bugs, typographical errors, and the like. The project’s GitHub repository has no open issues, so there’s clearly help needed.
Website: jfiguinha.000webhostapp.com
Support: GitHub Code Repository
Developer: Jacques Figuinha
License: GNU General Public License Version 2.0
Regards is written in C++ and C. Learn C++ with our recommended free books and free tutorials. Learn C with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
Pages in this article:
Page 1 – Introduction / Installation
Page 2 – In Operation – Part 1
Page 3 – In Operation – Part 2
Page 4 – Summary