Pictures slideshow in about 50 loc
I have long wanted to show in some unobtrusive way all those hundreds of thousands of paintings that have been lying on the disk for a long time. Runs on raspberrypi4 with archlinux-arm connected to 4k oled tv (actually used for Kodi)
Pictures slideshow in about 50 loc launched on November 1, 2023 with 10 votes, #1,426 of 4,332 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 2 years on.
In plain words
Pictures Slideshow is a lightweight application written in approximately 50 lines of code that displays stored artwork on screen in an unobtrusive manner. Designed for users with large image collections, it runs on Raspberry Pi 4 with Arch Linux ARM and outputs to 4K OLED displays. The tool integrates with existing media center setups like Kodi, making it suitable for anyone seeking to showcase accumulated digital paintings and artwork without dedicated hardware or complex configuration.
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From the sources
picture slideshow on the root window. Contribute to yekm/root_slides development by creating an account on GitHub.
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