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The Linux Way - Install pqiv
The “Linux Way” seems to be installing another package:
$ sudo apt install pqiv
But as I’ve had to install xdotool and other packages for my application what’s another one right? Plus it will make the docker folks happy :)
The good news is it is only 136KB and automatically places the splash screen in the center of the active monitor instead of the center of the primary monitor or the center of the X11 screen (which can look funny on three monitor systems of different resolutions).
Calling pqiv
From the command line (which you can easily duplicate inside Python with os.popen() or subprocess.Popen()) you simply type:
pqiv -c -c -i m.png
Here’s what it looks like with my png image:
Closing pqiv
In the terminal I have to send Control + C when loading is finished. In Python you would have to grep the output from ps and kill the job. Pretty straight forward in Linux I guess but probably foreign to our Windows friends.
Credit to Super User answer.