[svlug] Linux Presentation Software Recommendations?

[kmself@ix.netcom.com]

on Sun, Mar 18, 2001 at 10:09:30PM -0800, Rick Moen (rick at linuxmafia.com) wrote:
> begin Jeremy D. Zawodny quotation:
> 
> > I'm looking for recommendations on presentation software for Linux. I
> > need to prepare a PowerPoint-like presentation for a conference and
> > I've never looked much into presentation software.
> 
> Heather Stern gave a demonstration of Yoshifumi Nishida's MagicPoint at
> BayLISA, and had pretty much nothing but good things to say about it:
> 
> http://www.mew.org/mgp/
> http://puchol.com/cpg/software/mgp/   Templates
> http://cri.ensmp.fr/~coelho/a2mgp/    Add-on utilities.
> http://pcquest.ciol.com/content/linux/199110106.asp  Review.

For the low-learning-curve threshold, I'll recommend StarOffice, that
bloated stuck pig of an office suite, version 5.2.  Yes, it's fscking
big enough that I've got a vim abbreviation to expand the name out into
an adequate description, but it's pretty good as a presentation tool.
Install TT fonts for better looking presentations.

I wrestled with MagicPoint last summer for a while -- the disadvantage
is the lack of a simplified authoring tool interface that I'm aware of.
The results, once you *do* get it working right, are pretty good.  But
it doesn't win for ease-of-use yet.

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