I don’t often feature non-Windows or Mac based products here on PhotographyBLOG. Indeed, I think NewsForge’s review of the image management software imgSeek is the first ever Linux product that has appeared on this website. imgSeek has a rather unique feature to help you find your photos:

“When imgSeek added your pictures to its collection, it extracted the metadata tags and cached thumbnails for easy viewing, but it also calculated the wavelet transform of the image, which is sort of a hash of the visual information in the picture. And that gives imgSeek the unique ability to search through files based on their appearance.

For instance, you can select any image in the browser, right-click on it, and from the context menu choose “Query for similar images.” This query will return every image in your collection with a similar wavelet transform, to an adjustable threshold level.”

Website: NewsForge - imgSeek Review