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Scribus Cracks the Big Leagues in Print

Posted by michael on from the read-all-about-it dept.

An anonymous reader writes "In an interview on O'Reilly, The Scribus Team, who recently released Scribus 1.2 , reveal the first commercial adoptions of Scribus, GIMP, Inkscape, and Linux by commercial newspapers. Who said Linux could not make it in the print world ?"

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  1. More comfortable link.. by Karamchand · · Score: 4, Informative

    ..to a print edition of the quite insightful article.

  2. Google Cache by Hal+The+Computer · · Score: 4, Informative

    3 comments and it's gone.

    Here is a google cache of thier website.

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  3. Painful as it is... by chill · · Score: 5, Informative

    One of the most useful filters I can think of would be an import filter for MS Publisher.

    I know quite a few small businesses that use this software and take it to press. Yes, most print shops moan about it, but they still accept the EPS files.

    Publisher is used because of convenience (it is there); ease of use for small setups as opposed to Quark or Pagemaker; and integration w/Word and Excel. It is an abomination, but it is still popular.

    A filter for Scribus could help me move a couple of shops off of Windows boxes.

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  4. InDesign? by Allen+Varney · · Score: 5, Informative
    Peter Linnell: InDesign has progressed remarkably, but really given the resources Adobe has at its disposal, it should [be] no less than stellar.

    Uhh...? Is this to imply that InDesign ISN'T stellar? Every Quark and PageMaker layout artist I know who has tried InDesign CS has moved to it with a glad heart. It's a great program.

    So far it sounds like Scribus is setting the bar at beating PageMaker and Quark. That's great, but when Scribus also overtakes InDesign, that's when I'll cheer loudest.

  5. There's still a lot to be done in API:s though.. by k98sven · · Score: 4, Informative

    There's a lot to be done in the field of API:s.

    Basically, I'd like to see a good and definitive API for vector graphics. This is something still very lacking.

    Preferably, the API would handle:
    * High-quality printing
    * Export to PS,SVG,PDF
    * Bitmap rendering (for on-screen drawing)
    * Support transparency
    * Be well integrated with the font API:s.

    Basically, a unification of all 2d graphics things into one single device-independent API.

    Apple already has something similar to this in Quartz.

    Supposedly, Cairo is supposed to do this, but given that there is no real documentation or roadmap for it, it's hard to say how, when or if it will ever get there.