You could do this easily with Kwikshow in KDE (if your distro is running KDE).

On 12/4/06, Tom <plug@eastmond.org > wrote:
Funny you should mention that - I have the same project planned. One
link I have found useful is
http://www.likelysoft.com/hacks/pictureframes.shtml
and specifically
http://www.thewares.net/item/33

Hope those help. I'm also hoping to somehow leave the power button
exposed to trigger a hibernate state.

Good luck!
Tom

On Mon, 2006-12-04 at 10:12 -0700, Kevin wrote:
> I'm converting an old laptop into a digital picture frame.  I am looking for
> suggestions on a piece of software that can be launched automatically when X
> starts up and immediately go into full screen slideshow mode, endlessly
> looping through jpeg's in a folder.  Zero user interaction.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> ...Kevin
>
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