[SOLVED] Software to turn laptop into digital picture frame.

[Cole.perera]

I have a old laptop
64bit Intel celeron CPU
4GB RAM
16 GB flash drive for boot

I want it to display a slideshow of pictures as soon as it's powered on. Being able to remotely update the pics would be a huge plus (eg. Through Dropbox or G drive)

I've been looking for software that can do this but have been unable to find anything suitable as most of it is for raspberry pi's

Any suggestions are welcome on any OS as long as it can run off my flash drive.

 

[USAFRet]

Why not just the background slideshow in Windows?

Screen timeout to Never, sleep to Never, no password on startup.

 

[Cole.perera]

Why not just the background slideshow in Windows?

Screen timeout to Never, sleep to Never, no password on startup.

Windowa 10 is too big to fit on my flash drive. I'll try with some older versions.

 

[USAFRet]

Windowa 10 is too big to fit on my flash drive. I'll try with some older versions.

You run the OS from the hard drive that is probably already in the laptop.

Or, you can run a Linux from a flash drive, and incorporate a slideshow.

How to Create a Slideshow of Photos in Ubuntu

Creating a slideshow of photos is a matter of a few clicks. Here’s how to make a slideshow of pictures in Ubuntu and other Linux distributions. Imagine yourself in a situation where your friends and family are visiting you and request you to show the pictures of a recent

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