Linux.com: CLI Magic: Viewing Pictures on the Console with fbida

“Fbida (previously known as fbi) is an image viewer for the
Linux console. Some people–console veterans included–might find
the idea of viewing pictures on the console a little bit silly; why
not just use X Windows and a graphical viewer or even a photo
editor? The answer to that question varies from ‘running X on my
server is not an option, but I’d like to be able to view some
pictures while I’m waiting for the compilation of a new kernel to
finish’ to ‘because I can.’ Pick your excuse and read on to find
out more about fbida…”

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