Answers to: Slide show software

Answer by Dee

Dee — Fri, 21 May 2010 12:52:21 -0400

I have used MANDVD to do it before. It can give a DVD that plays the slideshow and music and loops over and over.

It was FAR from user friendly, but it worked. I only mention it because it can make something suitable for use in a DVD player. That was a few years ago so it might be easier now.

http://kde-apps.org/content/show.php?content=83906 shows up "software center" in Lucid.

Answer by techie.brandon

techie.brandon — Wed, 19 May 2010 22:35:35 -0400

I don't have any personal experience using IBM's Lotus Symphony outside of what was pushed down my throat from those higher up, but it should have same features as Open Office or Powerpoint. It is supported on SLED, RHEL, Ubuntu, Mac OS X, Win.. However, you will have to look at price point to decide if it is worth further investigation.

IBM Lotus Symphony - Presentations

Answer by FewClues

FewClues — Wed, 19 May 2010 19:57:41 -0400

Well just because nobody else has pointed it out - Google Docs allows you to create slide shows and then share them or collaborate on them with associates. You can make a full screen presentation from google Docs to any computer. Nice tool that is free and doesn't require you to have a desktop license to use as the M$ software does.

Answer by Benjamin West

Benjamin West — Wed, 19 May 2010 17:39:52 -0400

a great tool is http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/s5/ which allows you to create a slide show that will work on any platform -- check it out

Answer by madpuppy

madpuppy — Wed, 19 May 2010 03:49:16 -0400

If you are using a KDE based distro you can try Kpresenter. It is part of the Koffice suite. you should be able to find in in you distro's software repository.

here is the link to the main website so you can see how it looks/works:

www.koffice.org/kpresenter/

you can also install Koffice in windows if need be as well.

Answer by Ricky Wee

Ricky Wee — Wed, 19 May 2010 01:21:19 -0400

Eye of Gnome (eog) allows you to create a slideshow. It is installed as a default in Ubuntu and most gnome-based distros. In Nautilus File Manager, select the pictures for your slideshow. Right-click and select "Open With Image Viewer". Hit F5 and your slideshow starts.

For background music, you can use rhythmbox (or any other music player) to play the music of your choice.

Just note that the slideshow and background music run independently of each other.

Answer by codebunny

codebunny — Tue, 18 May 2010 20:48:47 -0400

OpenOffice has presentation software (Impress) already built into it, and I think it can share some MS Powerpoint files.

Also there is KDE's KPresenter.

If you choose OpenOffice, you have the advantage of being able to run it on Linux, Mac and Windows. Create your presentation on one, and share it with the others.

On the other hand, although you can include sound with OpenOffice, you have a limited range of file formats to choose form, and you can't create an integrated final file with the sound embedded in it. There are a lot of issues with Impress and sound.