----- Original Message ----- From: "Indranil Das Gupta" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Jaybrata Bhattacharyya" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2003 1:02 PM Subject: Re: Presentation Issue
> Dekhchi... > > thnx > --indra. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jaybrata Bhattacharyya" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "[ListAdmin] [ILUG] Kolkata" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2003 7:56 AM > Subject: Presentation Issue > > > > i think this software along with freedos on a bootable cd is may > > be a good idea. > > http://www.pictview.com > > there is no reason why linux can not have a graphics viewer working in vesa mode. these tools can be used outside any GUI i.e. in text mode. i am not quite acquainted with graphics in linux. so can't be very assertive. yet i am looking into. all of you also know that during boot up in vesa mode a small picture of tux is visible on the top-left of the screen. who shows this? kernel or init? what may be it is, it must have the rendering code. combining that functionality with other image tools on linux can produce a very barebones yet powerful linux based slide show system on a cd along with sound and voice. i am personally interested in taking it as a project. is anyone else interested? jaybrata PS. indra(da?>27) i sent you some links which claims to provide linux cds at throwaway price and asked for your comment. but yet to get any response. so i am giving them again here now for everyone on the list. http://www.linuxplaza.org (Mumbai) http://www.lincds.com (Bangalore) http://lincdz.2ya.com (Pondicherry) http://www22.brinkster.com/linuxcdrom/index.htm (North India) -- To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the body "unsubscribe ilug-cal" and an empty subject line. FAQ: http://www.ilug-cal.org/node.php?id=3
