A reasonable Pi-powered photo frame
Came across this neat product providing appropriate cover to the Pi at the back while presenting a clean 10-inch screen. This has the neatest wiring configuration; all hidden in the frame including the HDMI and micro-usb cable for the Pi. It even comes with a camera mount for the more ambitious, and a secondary HDMI and VGA port. Did I mention built-in speakers?
So now I have a smart photo frame
Downloaded stock Raspbian (at time of writing 'Raspbian Buster with desktop') into the Pi. Always recommended to update the libraries! If for some reason you missed it here's the steps:
$sudo apt-get update
$sudo apt-get upgrade
$sudo reboot
Hide the mouse (unclutter)
Wouldn't do to have the mouse show up on the screen ya? Many docs suggest editing autostart in ~/.config/lxsession/LXDE-pi/. Doing that risks Pi booting into a black screen because it will not load default commands in /etc/xdg/lxsession/LXDE-pi/autostart. Also recommending setting idle value to 1; 0 hides the mouse too aggressively for my liking.
$sudo apt-get install unclutter
$sudo nano /etc/xdg/lxsession/LXDE-pi/autostart
# insert this line in autostart
@unclutter -idle 1
@chromium-browser --kiosk <startup url here>
$sudo reboot