Scribus

Scribus is a desktop publishing (DTP) application, released under the GNU General Public License as free software. It is based on the free Qt toolkit, therefore native versions are available for Linux, Unix-like, Mac OS X, OS/2, and Microsoft Windows. It is known for its broad set of page layout features, comparable to leading non-free applications such as Adobe PageMaker, PagePlus, QuarkXPress or Adobe InDesign.
Scribus is designed for flexible layout and typesetting and the ability to prepare files for professional quality image setting equipment. It can also create animated and interactive PDF presentations and forms. Example uses include writing small newspapers, brochures, newsletters, posters and books.
Scribus supports most major image formats including scalable vector graphics (SVG). Professional type/image setting features include CMYK colors and ICC color management. It has a built-in scripting engine using Python. It is available in more than 24 languages.
Printing is achieved using its own internal level 3 PostScript driver, including support for font embedding and sub-setting with TrueType, Type 1 and OpenType fonts. The internal driver supports full Level 2 PostScript constructs and a large subset of Level 3 constructs.
PDF support includes transparency, encryption and a large set of the PDF 1.4 spec as well as PDF/X3, including interactive PDFs form fields, annotations and bookmarks. While PDF export is very good, it is not currently able to import/edit PDF files, and PDFs exported from Scribus 1.3.3.x and earlier are not searchable in Acrobat Reader if the fonts were outlined/subsetted as vector objects.
The file format, called SLA, is based on XML. Text can be imported from OpenDocument text documents, as well as OpenOffice.org Writer, Microsoft Word and HTML formats (although some limitations apply).
Scribus cannot read or write the native file formats of commercial programs like QuarkXPress, Microsoft Publisher, or InDesign; the developers feel that reverse engineering those file formats would be prohibitively complex and could risk legal action from the makers of those programs.
Due to licensing issues, the software package does not include support for the Pantone color matching system (PMS), which is included in some commercial DTP applications.
Although Scribus supports Unicode character encoding, it currently does not properly support complex script rendering and so cannot be used with Unicode text for languages written with Arabic, Hebrew, Indic and South East Asian writing systems.

GIMP

GIMP (the GNU Image Manipulation Program)

GIMP is a free software raster graphics editor. It isprimarily employed as an image retouching and editing tool. In addition to offering freeform drawing, GIMP can accomplish essential image workflow steps such as resizing, editing, and cropping photos, combining multiple images, and converting between different image formats. GIMP can also be used to create basic animated images in the GIF format. At present GIMP is entirely suitable for amateur or professional work with images intended for viewing on monitors and printing on inkjet printers; GIMP does not yet offer the CMYK separation and color management functionality which is essential for prepress work. The product vision for GIMP is to become a high-end graphics application for the editing and creation of original images, icons, graphical elements of web pages and art for user interface elements.

It i also sometimes compared to Photoshop and as a good alternative to it, though maybe not so much level in profesional ground.

Maria Amelia, la Blogera de 95 Años

Maria Amelia, de la provincia gallega de Murxia recibio por su 95 cumpleaños un blog de su nieto. Se entusiasmo con el y gracias a el olvido la soledad que sentia anteriormente y se metio de cabeza en la comunidad del internet.


Murio en 2006, casi 3 años despues de meterse en el mundo de los blogs. Aun asi dejo su legado y mensaje en España y todo el mundo. Durante sus tres años en la red, Amelia intento meter en el Nuevo Mundo que es la tecnologia, a otros ancianos como ella que desconocian el elixir de vida que ella habia descubierto gracias a su nieto.

“Mi blog es para entretenerme y comunicarme con mis blogueros. Y para animar
a todos los ancianos a que tengan el Internet. Y para que sus familiares hagan
un esfuerzo por enseñarles. Así podrán conocer gente nueva, comunicarse y
aprender cosas todos los días. A mí me sacó 20 años de encima. Todos los
ancianos, con un Internet”.

Esto es uno de los principios que Amelia dejo tras si despues de su muerte.



Ella incito el movimiento del Viejo Pescador, que busca atraer a su mundo a los ancianos que no conocen aun la soledad que Amelia evito gracias a su blog y sus seguidores. Estos quieren promever el premio de Premio Internacional para Blogueros Mayores.

Amelia recibio el prestigioso premio internacional BOBs que se otorga en Alemania, y Zapatero tambien la recibio. Y todos los seguidores de Amelia, aun ahora, intentan llevar a los mas mayores de la sociedad hacia la otra comunidad que es el internet.

Blogs en Honor a Amelia:
http://premiomariaamelialopez.blogspot.com
El Blog de Amelia:
http://amis95.blogspot.com.