"Impress"-ive Live CD to bypass PwerP_int??

Pet3M0ss

Am a little frustrated with setting up quality presentations using OOo "Impress" then having to carry and connect my own laptop to deliver the talk. The "you-mean-you-don't-have-OFFICE??" question is giving me some kind of rage. It may not be a big thing to some, but Manure Spreader Software assualts my senses Evil or Very Mad

Solution seems to be to have a live CD distro with Open Office or KDE Office. Problem (at least with my small 4gig laptop) is that the live CD's run pretty slowly.

What do other "presenters" use when you have to bring the OS to the meeting as well as the presentation files?? Should I just use some sort of photo/ slideshow package? Perhaps there is some easy way of doing this, but all I can seem to find is how to set up a program- not how to put it onto speedy media. Would be great to be able to boot the CD then plug in a USB stick for real, current presentations. Perhaps the hardware is the limiting factor cause my installed Open Office runs kinda slow.

Just wondering Exclamation

Stuka · Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2025 12:25 pm Post subject:

Questions that may be relevant, but for which I don't have the answer:
1) Does Impress offer an 'executable slide show' like Power Point, that doesn't require additional software?
2) Can you save your presentations in Power Point format without losing data/formatting?

Pet3M0ss · Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2025 10:53 pm Post subject:

'lo Stuka,

I'm presently on the road and borrowing computers to keep ahead of eMails. Will try to check out the 'executable slide show' option in 2 days. The older Open Office Impress would lock up after showing the first slide, so I was on manual the rest of the time. Have installed SuSE 9.3 with OOo 2 now. The upgrade may be enough to solve my problem. Open Office seems to take a long time to launch, though.

Trying to save Impress files in PPt usually plays havoc with flow charts. I can live without the fancy slide changes, but unpredictable charts are discouraging.

I am a newbie, so forgive me if I am bringing a request that sounds like a whiner. Linux has a lot of specialized/customized stuff for routers, servers, etc. I would like to be able to boot a live CD with a professional looking GUI that can handle presentation materials at speeds similar to PowerPoint. If you think about it, a lot of people could be exposed to Linux, and the experience must be a positive one Laughing

If not many respond to this thread with M$ free solutions, I think I will look at making a stripped down *.iso of Morphix or Damn Small Linux (just need reading capability) with a lighter KDE Office suite to handle the materials. Previous experience was with a live Ubuntu which was a little too slow to my liking.

Thanks for taking an interest in this. I am shifting to Linux as fast as I can. Would be a kick to be able to pull the presentation out of my pocket and just tell folks to "just boot it up in Linux!" Very Happy

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Germ · Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2025 11:43 pm Post subject:

coastie · Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2025 3:00 pm Post subject:

you could also check into slax. it's very customizable.

to the rest of the forum....it's really coming soon. i have a week off Wo0t! so i have some spare time to work on it.

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