First, install stuff:

sudo apt-get install keyjnote latex-beamer

Now that we have everything installed, lets make a simple presentation.

$ vim example_presentation.tex

Here’s where the fun begins. Beamer is great for presentations.

\documentclass{beamer}

\usepackage{beamerthemesplit}

\title{Why I love Chicken}
\author{Hank}
\date{\today}

\begin{document}

\frame{\titlepage}

\section{Introduction}
\subsection{Where did chicken come from?}
\frame
{
  \frametitle{The egg}

  \begin{itemize}
  \item<1-> Which came first?
  \item<2-> Did it evolve from dinosaurs?
  \item<3-> Why don't we find dinosaurs in chicken fossils together?
  \end{itemize}
}
\frame
{
  \frametitle{Feathers}

  \begin{itemize}
  \item<1-> Why do chickens have them?  They can't fly!
  \item<2-> What if chickens could fly...
  \end{itemize}
}
\end{document}

Then a simple build with latex:

$ pdflatex example_presentation.tex

And now for the grand finale:

$ keyjnote example_presenation.pdf

The screen flickers weird colors during the transitions on my machine. Maybe something to do with Beryl or the NVidia proprietary drivers? I don’t know. But it’s still pretty cool. I’ll probably stick to XUL if I can ever get it working again.