SoC2007 Live CD

Here are some ideas regarding DTP Live CD.

The aim of this project is to create a custom GNU/Linux Live CD bundled with FOSS applications used in Desktop Publishing field. This is to make it ready out-of-box for non Linux users and newcomers, and any one else as well.

base distro
I think Kubuntu is a good choice for a base distro, because:
 * Being a debian based distro, so we can benefit from all debian technologies (like apt) and community support as well.
 * It is one of the most widely used distros these days, it has a very wide user base and well established community support.
 * Virtually any piece of software available for debian is available for ubuntu at the same time, which mean we've an extensive set of available applications.

''Be careful: (K)Ubuntu's version of Qt has some nasty bugs that cause issues with Scribus and other Qt based programs. I suggest you use Debian/Knoppix instead.''

Some comments:
 * OpenSuse is also an option as it contains almost everything we need and I have a build server account. Moreover, Ubuntu seems to not only have some Qt bugs but odd and random 'can't print' issues. I second using Debian/Knoppix instead.''
 * Please do not install any of the following: gv, ghostview, gpdf, evince,ggv. They are either old or too disfunctional to use with Scribus EPS/PDF. --mrdocs 12:21, 24 March 2007 (CET)
 * In my opinion the easiest and best maintainable way would be to use a Debian based live-CD. It is easy to upgrade software and build own customized packages for it. R.herrmann 20:35, 24 March 2007 (CET)

3-D software

 * blender
 * Art of Illusion requires Java
 * planetGenesis
 * yafray

Clipart

 * OpenClipArt (maybe OOo and/or scribus 1.4 can be shipped with OpenClipArt integration)
 * collection of maps for OOo from http://ooo.hg.free.fr/
 * Even more clipart (and OOo templates) from http://live.prooo-box.org/html/artwork.html broken link --Khaledhosny 14:07, 24 March 2007 (CET) -- Added a new link C_schaefer
 * The GIMP user group provides a collection of images produced with GIMP. Maybe they are worth being included, in case the copyrights allow for that (pls. check with the creators before using).

Desktop environment(s)

 * KDE
 * I strongly recommend KDE as default. We can show off drag and drop.--Mrdocs 22:27, 2 May 2005 (UTC)
 * It might be useful to include the KDE Baghira theme for MacOS X users. A little script that changes the desktop to Baghira could be useful too, together with a short description ("If you want your desktop to resemble MacOS X, open Konsole and type ./macosxlook.sh, then hit "Enter", or something like that; same for Win2K or XP users. There should be menu entries for easily switching between a yet to be determined KDE theme and OS X/WinXP/Win2K themes).
 * Clean up the Kicker and remove unnecessary/irritating entries
 * Create a new structure for the Kicker (eg an extra DTP entry with sub-menus for image editing, DTP, vector drawing, fonts etc.)

Documentation

 * grab all documentation available under a free license and make it easily accessible in a uniform layout (html, pdf)
 * introduction which autmatically shows up after "login" (similar to the current introduction to Knoppix)
 * Make sure that Python, SVG, and ODF documentation is included.

Email clients
Needed for collaboration on the projects
 * Mozilla Thunderbird
 * Kontact

Fonts

 * A collection of high quality fonts (type 1, ttf, otf) available for free distribution
 * (Be careful with distribution provisions in license when it comes to fonts)
 * Remove crummy fonts so they can't accidentally be used for production

ftp://ftp.gust.org.pl/pub/GUST/contrib/fonts/ Description and links to font packages (pl)
 * Install this collection of well designed free fonts for Central Europe, provided by Polish TeX User Group:


 * See also fonts listed in Right font 4 right purpose, in Where_can_I_get_good_fonts%3F, and on Open Font Library


 * Linux Libertine Font
 * DejaVu Font

Font utilities

 * Fontforge - Font editor.
 * Fontlinge - Font collection manager.

HTML editors

 * Quanta+
 * KompoZer

Image viewers

 * gwenview
 * Digikam - photo management tool + showfoto (with libgphoto2 support)
 * Showimg
 * imgSeek

Layout

 * Scribus stable &mdash; currently 1.3.x series
 * Scribus cvs snapshot &mdash; installed as an addition to the stable version, for those wanting to use latest improvements

Misc Utils/Apps

 * kde-extras Kcolor, Kruler
 * kde-graphics-scan (kooka + x-sane)
 * Dia http://gnome.org/projects/dia
 * xsane http://www.xsane.org/
 * Kooka
 * Argyll
 * LittleCMS
 * LPROF
 * ICC Examin
 * k3b - DTP files can become huge, so it's a good idea to have a cd burner handy.
 * kxmleditor - A fine editor for xml files, can be handy to repair damaged SVG and sla files.

Postscript and pdf instruments

 * gs-afpl >= 8.50
 * Gsview
 * Pstoedit
 * Xpdf << note 3.02 was recently released and supports transparency much better now
 * the new Xpdf also supports anti-aliasing of vector outlines (the lack of this feature in earlier releases of xpdf and in other floss pdf viewers is a major issue among e-zine authors) --Mhanski 12:45, 24 March 2007 (CET)


 * kpdf 3.5+
 * pdftohtml http://pdftohtml.sourceforge.net/
 * Multivalent Java Tools - http://multivalent.sourceforge.net/
 * pdftk - the pdf toolkit - http://www.accesspdf.com/pdftk/ (or are we typically avoiding commandline tools ?) (there is a pdftk service menu for KDE)
 * PoDoFo + PoDoFo Browser (requires Qt4)
 * KPDFtool (requires Qt4)
 * PDFEdit
 * Consider Adobe Reader 7.x, but check the licence first. OpenSuSE 10.2 is shipped with AR. Currently, no FLOSS PDF viewer is even close to AR!
 * Do we support non FOSS? --Khaledhosny 14:53, 24 March 2007 (CET)

Raster graphics

 * The GIMP (including the separate+ plugin!)
 * Make sure all available plug-ins are included
 * ImageMagick http://www.imagemagick.org/
 * KSnapshot
 * Cinepaint see: http://www.cinepaint.org
 * Krita
 * UFRaw
 * ExifTool (extracts EXIF, ICC, and many other informations from pictures) http://www.sno.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/
 * Hugin, PTStitcher, PTOptimizer, Nona, Autopano-sift, Panorama-tools, Enblend, ptfilter, ... : tools to create panoramas from set of photos (lots of links from http://bugbear.blackfish.org.uk/~bruno/panorama-tools/ )- Many tutorials on the web that could be a great added value, if their respective authors allow us to distribute them (http://hugin.sourceforge.net/tutorials/, http://www.philohome.com/barrelpers/barrelpers2.htm, http://rbpark.ath.cx/tutorials.html, many others). Some tools / plugins for Gimp an also be found for correction of such pictures (barrel distortion, ...) (PTLens, clens,  for example). Sorry, no time to do further searches... Just a few ideas for now.

System software

 * Networking tools to enable establishing working network connection
 * Tools for easy installation of the Live system to HDD if necessary
 * CUPS
 * Apache (for CUPS and Batik) Apache not needed to run Batik, only compile
 * gutenprint (gimp-print 5.0)
 * JVM 1.4.2+ for running Batik and/or delineate

Trace tools

 * Autotrace http://autotrace.sourceforge.net/
 * Frontline - GUI front end to autotrace http://autotrace.sourceforge.net/frontline/
 * Potrace http://potrace.sourceforge.net/
 * pstoedit http://www.pstoedit.net/pstoedit
 * potracegui http://potracegui.sourceforge.net/
 * delineate - Java based GUI to autotrace and potrace http://delineate.sourceforge.net/

Typesetting

 * teTeX http://www.tug.org/teTeX
 * LyX http://www.lyx.org
 * Kile http://kile.sourceforge.net
 * Texmaker http://www.xm1math.net/texmaker
 * pdflatex http://www.tug.org/applications/pdftex
 * Arabi - Right-to-Left scripts support for TEX.

Vector graphics

 * Inkscape
 * Batik - a collection of Apache XML modules for on the fly export/conversion of SVG http://xml.apache.org/batik/
 * sK1, a friendly fork of Skencil with heaps of improvements, will merge with Skencil at a later stage of development
 * Skencil - has the best SVG+EPS capabilities. Requires python-imaging http://www.skencil.org/
 * Karbon14 - A vector drawing application.
 * SVG importer for OpenOffice.org 2 (requires Java RE 1.5)

Web browsers
Needed for looking up materials and for collaboration over the web (include a bunch of DTP bookmarks)
 * Konqueror, it is already part of KDE.
 * Mozilla Firefox (with svg plugin...)

Word processor(s)
Required to edit large amounts of text easier than in scribus
 * OpenOffice.org
 * KWord (can be used for basic PDF editing)

OCR
It may be a good idea to bundle it with gocr with easy to use GUI (Kooka).

Find a an appealing name for the distro
Probably one of the harder nuts to crack ;)

Proposals from the old LiveCD draft

 * Scribux (too similar to Scribus?)
 * I think this is the best name, being similar to Scribus is a plus IMHO. --Khaledhosny 15:13, 24 March 2007 (CET)


 * Publix (there may be trademark issues with this one since it is the name of a U.S. supermarket chain
 * scribOS - Linux DTP CD
 * FOPUX (Free and Open Publishing Linux)
 * OpenCanvas (another name with trademark issues, since there already exists a drawing software called OpenCanvas)
 * OpenPage
 * OpenPub
 * OpenDTP
 * Design on Disc (from bug #1763)
 * Artix or Artux (combining Latin ars (art) with the almost obligatory *ix/*ux)

Other variants

 * Live USB: a specific version of the ditro able to boot from / save configuration on a USB stick. So, one can plug the stick, boot from it, do whatever he wont and save his work/preferences on it.
 * I consider this a very good idea -- 1GG USB sticks are quite cheap (starting with 10 € here in AT) nowadays, and they are perfectly suited for non-invasive usage on computers we don't own while offering some additional space for saving data. And they are perfect gifts too --Mhanski 20:42, 25 March 2007 (CEST)


 * mini-Live CD : a striped down version that fit into a 200 MB CD, so that one carry it easily with him.