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Michael Of course there is. It's built into Ubuntu - just use F-Spot Slideshow. Should have everything you need I'm running Ubuntu 8.10 and I have used it a few times for family events..... Danny Lieberman On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 1:12 AM, Michael Shiloh <michaelshiloh1...@gmail.com > wrote: > i need to make a slide show from a bunch of photographs. i can use > openoffice impress, but perhaps there is something more lightweight and > easier to use. > > at the very least, i want to point it at a directory of images, and cycle > through them, pausing for a couple of seconds on each picture. > > it would be nice if i could also pause and control it manually, so that i > can select individual pictures, but that's not crucial. > > this will be shown at a conference with a projector, so good handling of > different resolutions would be important. my laptop has so far done pretty > well at recognizing projectors. > > any advice appreciated. > > oh, and i'm ubuntu 8.10 on thinkpad t60, if that makes any difference. > > ================================================================= > To unsubscribe, send mail to linux-il-requ...@cs.huji.ac.il with > the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command > echo unsubscribe | mail linux-il-requ...@cs.huji.ac.il > > -- Danny Lieberman The Control Policy Group www.controlpolicy.com - Internal Security Specialists: Independent, Effective, Discreet. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- www.software.co.il - Buggy software is risky software ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Warsaw: +48-22-398-3484 US: 1-301-841-7122 Israel - +972 8 9701485 Cell - +972 - 54 447 1114 --001636e90b75ce4aae04611695b1 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr"><br>Michael<br><br>Of course there is. It's buil= t into Ubuntu - just use F-Spot Slideshow. Should have everything you need<= br>I'm running Ubuntu 8.10 and I have used it a few times for family ev= ents.....<br> <br><br>Danny Lieberman<br><br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Thu, Jan 2= 2, 2009 at 1:12 AM, Michael Shiloh <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:= michaelshiloh1...@gmail.com">michaelshiloh1...@gmail.com</a>></span> wro= te:<br> <blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, = 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">i need to make a = slide show from a bunch of photographs. i can use openoffice impress, but p= erhaps there is something more lightweight and easier to use.<br> <br> at the very least, i want to point it at a directory of images, and cycle t= hrough them, pausing for a couple of seconds on each picture.<br> <br> it would be nice if i could also pause and control it manually, so that i c= an select individual pictures, but that's not crucial.<br> <br> this will be shown at a conference with a projector, so good handling of &n= bsp;different resolutions would be important. my laptop has so far done pre= tty well at recognizing projectors.<br> <br> any advice appreciated.<br> <br> oh, and i'm ubuntu 8.10 on thinkpad t60, if that makes any difference.<= br> <br> =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D<br> To unsubscribe, send mail to <a href=3D"mailto:linux-il-requ...@cs.huji.ac.= il" target=3D"_blank">linux-il-requ...@cs.huji.ac.il</a> with<br> the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command= <br> echo unsubscribe | mail <a href=3D"mailto:linux-il-requ...@cs.huji.ac.il" t= arget=3D"_blank">linux-il-requ...@cs.huji.ac.il</a><br> <br> </blockquote></div><br><br clear=3D"all"><br>-- <br>Danny Lieberman<br>The = Control Policy Group <a href=3D"http://www.controlpolicy.com">www.controlpo= licy.com</a> - Internal Security Specialists: Independent, Effective, Discr= eet.<br> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------= ----------------------<br><a href=3D"http://www.software.co.il">www.softwar= e.co.il</a> - Buggy software is risky software<br>-------------------------= ------------------------------------------------------------------------<br= > Warsaw: +48-22-398-3484<br>US: 1-301-841-7122<br>Israel - +972 8 9701= 485<br>Cell - +972 - 54 447 1114<br> </div> --001636e90b75ce4aae04611695b1-- ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to linux-il-requ...@cs.huji.ac.il with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail linux-il-requ...@cs.huji.ac.il