[klug] Ubuntu 5.10 + KLUG Poster

[peterd]

Hi all,

I have a whole bunch of Ubuntu discs that I'd like to put into the P'ram 
library (for people to take) + the KLUG poster I hit together last year 
(my wife says aok - she works there)    ...only if you guys are keen 
that is.

I haven't been coming to the KLUG meetings as I find Linux is still 
behind with DTP - Scribus is getting there but it's lack of direct pdf 
import is still a problem. (I receive pdfs from designers and I need to 
import them directly into my page layout program    +++ colour 
management is almost non existent in Linux (a Big problem).

However, don't write me off as yet  ...it's only a matter of time.  Xara 
is porting to Linux and they're, of course, aware of  Linux's lack of 
colour management + Scribus will get there re pdf import.    
http://www.xaraxtreme.org/

I'm using The GIMP for most of my image work now. For 'bitmap image' 
work I do find The GIMP to be the best there is - re brushes, channels, 
masking and so on. The current lack of CMYK is not a problem as an image 
can be imported into another app and exported via CMYK.

I've copied/pasted the poster as below ...I hope it travels ok  

I'll soon find out  :-D

Cheers,
Peter