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On Tue, Dec 31, 2002 at 09:09:08PM -0500, Denis Shcherbakov wrote: |
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> I am getting brave enough to consider the idea of using Gentoo to deliver |
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> laptop-aided presentations for scientific seminars. I haven't researched |
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> that topic very much yet, but this is where stability and dependability |
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> would count the most for me - the ability not to worry that my Powerpoint |
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> in Windoze will crash during a talk. I haven't seen anyone present with a |
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> Linux laptop yet... Any of you tried it? I'd love to know!! |
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If you have a laptop with the proper video outputs, doing a |
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presentation in Linux is essentially the same as doing one in Windows, |
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isn't it? Just run xdvi or gv (or whatever you use) full screen. If |
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you need the cutesie powerpoint effects, I believe there is an |
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extension for TeX that produces PDFs with such effects that acrobat |
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can render (though the last time I tried acrobat for Linux (not |
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recently) it liked to crash). Or just use Kpresenter if you use KDE. |
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As far as stability goes, xdvi and gv can't be touched (IMO). mgv has |
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a nice full screen mode, but I've seen it crash before on certain |
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PDFs. |
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By the way, I would never do a powerpoint unless it was required, but |
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I have to admit I've never seen ppt crash during a live presentation. |
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