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Simpler alternative

Posted May 24, 2008 17:44 UTC (Sat) by Richard_J_Neill (subscriber, #23093)
Parent article: RedPost Launches Wicker: A Customized Ubuntu for Digital Signs and Photo Frames

This is a great idea. However, for anyone who wants a very simple slideshow application, may I
recommend qiv. It's relatively unknown, but has all the options desirable in a digital photo
frame. This is what I used: I took a broken T22 thinkpad, disassembled the case, took the LCD
panel to a picture framers, then mounted some of the guts, together with a 2GB CF card (with
IDE adapter) on the back of the frame. Cost about £100, for a 14" display.


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Simpler alternative

Posted May 25, 2008 8:23 UTC (Sun) by neiljerram (subscriber, #12005) [Link]

That is very impressive, but I'm not sure about "simpler" !

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