presentation on linux

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

On Sun, 17 Oct 1999, N.G. Temme wrote:
> I am going to give a presentation about linux. I would like to give 
> this presentation on a  powerbook running linux.
> 
> I would look a little strange to give a presentation about a 
> operating system that you are not using you're self. This 
> presentation is not only about linux as server OS but it also 
> discusses linux as desktop OS.
> 
> 
> 
> I need to no if linux is up to this task.
> 
> Can you connect a projector to a powerbook G3 running linuxppc?

I guess so.

> And is there any presentation software for linux?

MagicPoint: http://jiji.mew.org/MagicPoint/

> I am not looking for powerpoint for linux. A sort of flash or 
> quicktime would be great. I would like to give the presentation in a 
> web browser because it would be cool to say 'I am not only giving a 
> presentation on this computer it is also its own webserver'.

Using plain Netscape or any other browser is indeed an option.

If you want anti-aliased text, you can convert your slides to PostScript or PDF
and use gv for display. If you decide to use an ia32 notebook instead, you can
use Adobe Acroread for PDF files. Acroread has a full-screen option, which is
nice for presentations, but unfortunately Adobe still doesn't believe there are
incarnations of Linux on non-ia32 platforms (I mailed them several times about
this, to no avail).

If you want full-screen on your PowerBook, you can also convert your slides to
GIFs, JPEGs or whatever image format and use xv.

Greetings,
--
Geert Uytterhoeven -- Linux/{m68k~Amiga,PPC~CHRP} -- geert at linux-m68k.org

In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But
when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that.
							    -- Linus Torvalds


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