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==Software to be included== | ==Software to be included== | ||
=== 3-D software === | |||
=== | * [http://www.blender3d.org/cms/Home.2.0.html blender] | ||
* [http://aoi.sourceforge.net/ Art of Illusion] requires Java | |||
* [http://planetgenesis.sourceforge.net/ planetGenesis] | |||
=== | === Clipart=== | ||
* [http://www.openclipart.org/ 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/ | |||
* <s>Even more clipart (and OOo templates) from http://www.stud.uni-goettingen.de/~openoff/proooboxorg/cdinhalt/html/artwork.html </s> | |||
* The GIMP user group provides a [http://gug.sunsite.dk/gallery.php 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)=== | ||
* Fluxbox or [http://www.xfce.org XFCE4] or twm or fvwm95 or icewm (last two can be made to look like Windows) | |||
** Note: icewm, fvwm* are REALLY ancient and rather clunky. They may have problems with modern window manager hints that cause odd app behaviour. | |||
* KDE base | |||
** I strongly recommend KDE as default. We can show off drag and drop.--[[User:Mrdocs|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 <tt>./macosxlook.sh</tt>, then hit "Enter", or something like that). | |||
=== | === 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) | |||
=== Email clients === | |||
Needed for collaboration on the projects | |||
* Mozilla Thunderbird | |||
* Kmail or 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 | |||
* Install this collection of well designed free fonts for Central Europe, provided by Polish TeX User Group: | |||
ftp://ftp.gust.org.pl/pub/GUST/contrib/fonts/ | |||
[http://www.gust.org.pl/fonty/ Description and links to font packages (pl)] | |||
* See also fonts listed in [[Right font 4 right purpose]] | |||
=== Font utilities=== | |||
* [http://fontforge.sourceforge.net/ Fontforge] | |||
* [http://www.gesindel.de/ Fontlinge] | |||
* <s>pfaedit, old version of Fontforge. ''Why? -> Can import glyphs from SVG files!'' </s> why fontgorge can't? | |||
=== HTML editors=== | |||
* [http://quanta.kdewebdev.org/ Quanta+] | |||
* [http://www.nvu.com NVU] | |||
=== Image viewers=== | |||
* [http://gqview.sourceforge.net Gqview] | |||
* [http://www.xnview.com Xnview] | |||
* [http://www.trilon.com/xv xv] | |||
* [http://gwenview.sourceforge.net gwenview] | |||
* [http://digikam.sourceforge.net/Digikam-SPIP/ Digikam] - photo management tool (with libgphoto2 support --[[User:Subik|Subik]] 16:29, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)) | |||
* [http://www.gnome.org/projects/f-spot/ f-spot] is a great photo collections manager, though maybe an overkill for a live cd... | |||
===Layout=== | |||
* Scribus stable — currently 1.3.x series | |||
* Scribus cvs snapshot — 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/ | |||
* lcms | |||
* lcms profilers (We have the source, Luke..) | |||
* 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 files. | |||
=== | === Postscript and pdf instruments=== | ||
* gs-afpl >= 8.50 | |||
* Gsview | |||
* Pstoedit | |||
* Xpdf | |||
* kpdf 3.4 | |||
* 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 ?)'' | |||
* PDF editor | * PDF editor | ||
===Raster graphics=== | |||
* The GIMP or GIMPshop (including "separate"-plugin!) | |||
** Make sure all available plug-ins are included | |||
* ImageMagick http://www.imagemagick.org/ | |||
* KSnapshot | |||
* Cinepaint see: http://www.behrmann.name/ | |||
* Krita in koffice 1.4beta1 has integrated color management | |||
* 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 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/ | |||
* Calc2LaTeX: OOo macro for converting OOo Calc files to LaTeX tables http://web.hc.keio.ac.jp/~mr041754/calc2latex/ | |||
* Writer2LaTeX: OOo macro for converting OOo Writer files to LaTeX files http://www.hj-gym.dk/~hj/writer2latex/ | |||
* [http://www.99b.org/wyneken/ wyneken] for easy production of “office” documents like letters or presentations with LaTeX | |||
=== Vector graphics=== | |||
* Inkscape | |||
* Batik - a collection of Apache XML modules for on the fly export/conversion of SVG http://xml.apache.org/batik/ | |||
* Skencil - has the best SVG+EPS capabilities. Requires python-imaging http://www.skencil.org/ | |||
* Karbon14 - A vector drawing application. | |||
* xfig - really ugly and unpleasant GUI, but still quite powerful. | |||
* [http://www.ipd.uka.de/%7Ehauma/svg-import/#download 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 | |||
* 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 an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OCR OCR] application with easy to use GUI. | |||
[[Category:GSOC]] | [[Category:GSOC]] |
Revision as of 00:07, 24 March 2007
Here are some ideas regarding DTP Live CD.
The aim of this project is to create a costume 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 Ubuntu 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.
Software to be included
3-D software
- blender
- Art of Illusion requires Java
- planetGenesis
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://www.stud.uni-goettingen.de/~openoff/proooboxorg/cdinhalt/html/artwork.html- 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)
- Fluxbox or XFCE4 or twm or fvwm95 or icewm (last two can be made to look like Windows)
- Note: icewm, fvwm* are REALLY ancient and rather clunky. They may have problems with modern window manager hints that cause odd app behaviour.
- KDE base
- 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).
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)
Email clients
Needed for collaboration on the projects
- Mozilla Thunderbird
- Kmail or 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
- Install this collection of well designed free fonts for Central Europe, provided by Polish TeX User Group:
ftp://ftp.gust.org.pl/pub/GUST/contrib/fonts/ Description and links to font packages (pl)
- See also fonts listed in Right font 4 right purpose
Font utilities
pfaedit, old version of Fontforge. Why? -> Can import glyphs from SVG files!why fontgorge can't?
HTML editors
Image viewers
- Gqview
- Xnview
- xv
- gwenview
- Digikam - photo management tool (with libgphoto2 support --Subik 16:29, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC))
- f-spot is a great photo collections manager, though maybe an overkill for a live cd...
Layout
- Scribus stable — currently 1.3.x series
- Scribus cvs snapshot — 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/
- lcms
- lcms profilers (We have the source, Luke..)
- 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 files.
Postscript and pdf instruments
- gs-afpl >= 8.50
- Gsview
- Pstoedit
- Xpdf
- kpdf 3.4
- 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 ?)
- PDF editor
Raster graphics
- The GIMP or GIMPshop (including "separate"-plugin!)
- Make sure all available plug-ins are included
- ImageMagick http://www.imagemagick.org/
- KSnapshot
- Cinepaint see: http://www.behrmann.name/
- Krita in koffice 1.4beta1 has integrated color management
- 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 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/
- Calc2LaTeX: OOo macro for converting OOo Calc files to LaTeX tables http://web.hc.keio.ac.jp/~mr041754/calc2latex/
- Writer2LaTeX: OOo macro for converting OOo Writer files to LaTeX files http://www.hj-gym.dk/~hj/writer2latex/
- wyneken for easy production of “office” documents like letters or presentations with LaTeX
Vector graphics
- Inkscape
- Batik - a collection of Apache XML modules for on the fly export/conversion of SVG http://xml.apache.org/batik/
- Skencil - has the best SVG+EPS capabilities. Requires python-imaging http://www.skencil.org/
- Karbon14 - A vector drawing application.
- xfig - really ugly and unpleasant GUI, but still quite powerful.
- 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
- 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 an OCR application with easy to use GUI.