Part 6
Oh renamed 1-4 as well..:)
(PS Thanks D. Anderson for the suggestion I liked it, if you couldn't tell)
The following was my day yesterday...Enjoy (I hope)
Plugged in my Sandisk Card Reader to the USB drive then inserted the Lexar 1GB SD card. A window popped up and said, "You have just inserted a media with digital photos. Choose what application to launch". I left Open F-Spot Photo Manager That's all I had to choose from on the drop down menu anyway :). I guess there is more I just don't have it configured for anything else. (Another thing to work on) Clicked OK
Got an error Message " The Folder contents could not be displayed"
Error stating file "home akgraner/Photos': No such file or directory. hmm now I have to create another folder I think. Dang! However, (much to my surprise) I closed the error message and it downloaded the photo's. I am confused. OK I should have picked the pictures folder but it was still easy to import them into F-spot. (After I closed the error message) Now I have to figure out how to eject the card? Oh I just have to unmount it from the desktop. I had it covered with to many windows...Duh...:P
As to the error I got when loading the pictures I will load some more tomorrow and see if I get the same error. If I do then I guess I have to search Launchpad to see if it is a known bug, and if not the file it.
I'm loving using Pidgin. I just learned about it when I started using Ubuntu. Now I am sure the rest of the world knew about it. All I ever used before was Adium (I liked the duck). I am quickly learning Pidgin can do so much more or at least it seems that way to me.
Ok, so I almost fell off the Ubuntu Wagon...I had to create a Hackergotchi, and since I have never used Gimp or F-Spot before I had a bit of a challenge. I still have yet to see if it worked. I had my blog added to http://ubuntuweblogs.org/, but Pgraner walked through the room and laughed (as I was logging into my Mac, I was very frustrated at this point) and said, "I can't believe you are going to let a piece software get the better of you" and well I went back and tried Gimp some more. I have yet know if it worked yet or not (if I made my Hackergotchi correctly). Still waiting on the confirmation email, or just to see it show up on the page. If not I know I need to keep working on it. And for those of you who are just going to point me to the wiki page...I've been there.:) Thanks though I have it bookmarked and keep referring to it incase I missed something.
I am working with Scribus to publish my next newsletter. I have to admit, that of all the Publishing Applications (Scribius, Xara Xtreme, Inkscape) none of them are as easy as Pages and none of them have the templates that Pages have and that I need at this exact moment. I think that for what I need to do Pages is still the best tool for the job. However, I'm still willing to be convinced does any one have or know of templates for Scribus that will allow me to publish my newsletters easily and with the least amount of pain and frustration. You can see older newsletters off my main Blog page if that helps anyone help me.
/me sighs....
I still think there are the right tools for the right jobs and maybe Ubuntu and the publishing applications aren't what I need to the job I want to do (yet:) ). Mac and Pages just make it easy. I pick what I want to do, pick the template and with minimal tweaking bam I have what I want and need.
Oh And I filed my first bug report. I am learning:) I am so happy.
I still haven't clicked all the buttons yet I am only about halfway through "system" on the panel. However, I am still clicking along.
The switch to Ubuntu has been pretty easy so far (I even have a friend convinced that she can do it to. I'm giving her a disk later this week. My son's teacher is even going to try it out I feel like an Evangelist. (no offense intended here just the best reference I could think of, so I apologize if it offended anyone.)
There are still a few things left to try compared to Mac before I rule the t-shirt has it right. So far the Publishing Part of it well, I had to Purchase Pages and I don't mind Purchasing something for Ubuntu but I really thought the whole idea was open source was free. Looks like I might have to figure out how to make my own templates in my spare time. :) Oh so much to learn and I am loving every minute of it even if some of those minutes are a little (just a little) frustrating.
Enjoy! I am:)
Jonathan Thomas: More print-manager progress
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There are a bunch of templates that you can install for scribus using the Synaptic Package Manager (It's on the System Menu, in Administration)
Start synaptic, then press ctrl+f, type in 'scribus' (without the quotes) & press enter. Then, if you haven't already, you probably want to tick:
create-resources
scribus-template
The scribus documentation is also available in that list:
scribus-doc (or -ng-doc, depending which version of scribus you have installed)
Then click the Apply button and wait.
Alternatively you can do all that lot in one go, just by copying and pasting this command into a terminal and pressing enter:
sudo apt-get install scribus-template create-resources scribus-doc
It'll then ask you for your password, just like Synaptic will - enter it to continue.
Remember - using the terminal isn't a bad thing - it's just another software tool to get stuff done. There are also links with more scribus stuff:
http://www.scribus.net/?q=node/122
http://wiki.scribus.net/index.php/Scribus_Links
I'm not saying any of these templates are any good for what you need - but you can try them out and see :)
Have fun!
dflock...Thanks...I will try this out. I'll Blog about the results tomorrow.
I appreciate you taking the time to explain it to me.
OK I understand now how sudo can save time etc...but unless you know the language (which I don't) then I am stuck unless kind people like you help me.
Thanks again! I just learned a ton...
@ Amber
I happened across this site which may interest you.
http://scribusstuff.org/
You may have already seen it.
Wow - http://scribusstuff.org/ is cool - I hadn't seen that before, thanks!
Also, when installing fonts, install them through Synaptic if possible (open Synaptic and search for ttf) or follow this guide:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Fonts
either use the Synaptic bit, or the manual bit, if the font you want isn't available via the package manager.
To install a bunch of excellent fonts from the repositories, copy and paste this into a command prompt:
sudo apt-get install ttf-liberation ttf-inconsolata
Also, try searching synaptic for 'larabie' - all the free fonts from here are available: http://www.myfonts.com/browse/foundry/larabie/
Cheers,
Dunc
Adium is basically the Mac version of Pidgin. They use the same backend library, though Adium's using a somewhat older version of it.
Yes, Adium uses libpurple, the pidgin backend library, to do all it's actual communications. It has it's own frontend and plugin system though, which means that it can't take advantage of the large number of Pidgin plugins that are available:
http://lifehacker.com/356291/ten-must+have-plug+ins-to-power-up-pidgin
Open synaptic and search for 'pigdin-' and you'll get a list of pidgin plugins that you can install.
On ubuntu, I would recommend pidgin-libnotify instead of guifications if you want notifications - but try it and see.
Mackenzie
Thanks....nice to know...sometimes I like the looks of things over proficiency...remember average user mom here. Cute things. The Duck was cute and I could change the color of the duck.That was cool. (see I am still the non techi just like cute things mom too..) However, it seems like Pidgin can do more I got frustrated with Adium and went back to just using individual chat clients on the Mac. Then had most of my friends switch to gtalk, or Skype...I can admit every OS has some level of frustration. Depends on the perspective I guess.
"I feel like an Evangelist. (no offense intended here just the best reference I could think of, so I apologize if it offended anyone.)"
We usually use the term advocate.
"So far the Publishing Part of it well, I had to Purchase Pages and I don't mind Purchasing something for Ubuntu but I really thought the whole idea was open source was free"
just because its FOSS, it doesnt mean its Free as in free beer, but as Free speech!
(``-_-´´) -- BUGabundo ,
Thanks I grew up in the Bible Belt so that was meant as a complement, but I like the term advocate better. Thanks for helping me out there.
Yes, Thank you the concept "free as speech, not as in beer" has been beaten into me now, but re-enforcement is always a good thing. :) and always appreciated....
Thanks...:)
Amber
Lots of people talk about "open source evangelists" and "open source evangelism" (google it). Evidently, even Microsoft was, at one time, even looking to hire an "open source evangelist" (http://www.linux.com/feature/59181).
So I don't think most people would find it anywhere near offensive. It is an honest tag.
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