This article introduces how to display images hosted on a Linux rental server on Windows 10.
I keep images used in blogs etc. on Xserver, but sometimes when I accidentally capture with ShareX, I run into the dilemma of wanting to delete the image but not being able to view it.
So, I’ll display images hosted on a remote rental server on Windows 10.
I’m using Xserver as the rental server.
…I just realized, for ShareX specifically, I could look at the images locally and rm them by the same filename, and for image viewers, there are probably FTP client plugins for that sort of thing.
Hmm… But being able to view from the file system using apps means you can use unique features, and with GIMP you can do advanced editing, so depending on usage, FTP might not be enough.
How I’m doing it is Windows -> WSL -> ubuntu -> Xserver flow, but in more detail, WSL -> xming(X11) -> ubuntu -> sshfs -> xserver.
…In other words, I mount xserver to the local ubuntu machine with sshfs, enable X11 from Windows to WSL, and make it possible to display window apps for files under the directory mounted via X11 from WSL. That’s long.
Because, Windows WSL can’t use sshfs Rental servers that aren’t VPS like Xserver usually don’t allow X11 forwarding These reasons overlap and it’s become this complex.
Each is explained in separate articles.
Ubuntu VPS -> WSL -> Windows X11フォワーディングでグラフィカルウィンドウアプリを開く sshfsでubuntuからubuntuをマウント
Now, install an image viewer:
sudo apt-get install gwenviewIn the folder with images, run gwenview ./.
You can also sort by update date from view, etc.
Also, I have an Ubuntu machine with a Core i3 CPU so this might be the cause, but it’s really heavy. With 3000 images, sorting takes about 5 minutes. There might be better viewers.