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Everaldo and Jimmac On Linux Art and Usability

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the getting-to-know dept.

Eugenia writes "Metin Amiroff of OSNews interviewed the well known artists of KDE and GNOME, Everaldo and Jimmac. They discuss their first steps into Linux, the applicationss they use and why Linux still doesn't have all the professional applications and support they need for their day to day work, their inspiration, the state of the Linux desktop visually and usability-wise, the SVG factor and their future plans for KDE and GNOME."

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  1. Very polite answers! by randyest · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Q: How do you find open source graphics/CG arts related apps like Gimp, Inkscape, Sodipodi, Karbon14 and Blender? Could you comment on them?

    I like Sodipodi and inkspace, I foresee a great future for both.

    Gimp is very good (except CMYK as mentioned every time it comes up in a pro context), but Sodipodi is a vector-based drawing program (SVGish) that does not "yet" support "rotation" of anything. (!) It will "flip," but not rotate. Unusable.

    He almost lost credibility with the "liking Sodipodi" comment, but then I started to think that maybe he was just being polite. Nice guy.

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