[CoLoCo] Pictures on CDs

Kenneth D Weinert kenw at quarter-flash.com
Tue Oct 7 04:39:01 BST 2008


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I should have mentioned that I have my own site running gallery, but
since my parents are still on dialup, CD is a much wider bandwidth for
them :)

I'll look into Picasa though, thanks.

Jim Hutchinson wrote:
>
>
> On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 5:18 PM, Kenneth D Weinert
> <kenw at quarter-flash.com <mailto:kenw at quarter-flash.com>> wrote:
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> I've gone brain dead, and maybe I'm just not searching for the
> right stuff.
>
> I have some images (my daughter's Homecoming) that'd I'd like to
> burn to a CD in a way that would make it easy for my parents to
> just pop in the computer and have them display. Some sort of a
> gallery thing, preferably.
>
> While not really a Linux specific tool, I think Picasa has a tool
> for making a backup or slideshow CD. Picasa does work in Linux (you
>  can find it on Google's site) but I've never acually tried the
> slideshow option so don't know how well it works. Anyway, just a
> thought. F-spot also has an export feature for CD and other
> options. That might meet your need too but not sure what it does
> exactly as I've never tried it. The easiest option is probably just
> to upload to any photo sharing site and then you don't have to do
> anything. Sites like Snapfish also allow people you designate to
> order prints which is great for sharing with family and they pay so
> it saves you money. Picasa web is cool because you can also
> download the full resolution image which most other sites don't
> allow or charge for. However, unless you pay I think you only get
> 250MB of free space on Picasa which is fine for short projects but
> not for long term storage or more than a few hundred pics. -- Jim
> (Ubuntu geek extraordinaire) ---- Please avoid sending me Word or
> PowerPoint attachments. See
> http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html

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