Part of my interest in DIY photo frames is the openess of the idea. A computer can do many things but we usually use them only for Facebook and Amazon.
If we set aside a workstation and turn into a photo frame, other possibilited begin to open up. Music server, web server, email server, and, of course, photo frame. That’s why I like this post. The writer explains how to configure his Debian install to his specific needs.
He mention Qiv, which I haven’t heard of but will research more. It sounds like a possible replacement to FEH on my laptop.
My only concern is presentation. I prefer clean and minimal. The computer shown in the post could easily be hidden or maybe mounted to the screen itself. Mounting wouldn’t be very “clean” but a small PC sitting on a table is distracting anyway.
Then again, to each his own. I’m open to new and different ways of DIYing a photo frame.
