“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…”