Resize Images in Ubuntu

So I like using my Ubuntu install. One thing that bothered me was that with the default F-Spot photo manager, I could not for the life of me find a way to resize my pictures. So I removed F-Spot and went with Shotwell. The same, there is a button to Crop but no Resize.

What I like about 10.04 LTS is that GIMP wasn't installed by default. I use a netbook and I feel that it may not be able to cope with the resources needed for GIMP. But I felt that installing GIMP was the next move. I searched Google and came across the article below (mentioned as a Reference).

So what's the fastest, most convenient and most user-friendly way to resize photos? Right-click the picture and on the drop-down menu select "Resize Images..." (read: it can process multiple pictures). It's called the Nautilus Image Converter and it resides in the context menu. Obviously, you will need Nautilus to be your file manager.

To install:

ric@ubuntu-nb:~$ sudo apt-get install nautilus-image-converter
[sudo] password for ric:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
nautilus-image-converter
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 29.3kB of archives.
After this operation, 340kB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://ph.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/universe nautilus-image-converter 0.3.0-2ubuntu2 [29.3kB]
Fetched 29.3kB in 2s (11.7kB/s)
Selecting previously deselected package nautilus-image-converter.
(Reading database ... 184573 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking nautilus-image-converter (from .../nautilus-image-converter_0.3.0-2ubuntu2_i386.deb) ...
Setting up nautilus-image-converter (0.3.0-2ubuntu2) ...
ric@ubuntu-nb:~$

You may have to logout or restart Nautilus:

ric@ubuntu-nb:~$ sudo killall nautilus

Reference: http://www.techgarten.com/ubuntu/resize-images-ubuntu-context-menu/