Scribus 1.5 Released! Install newest Scribus on Linux. How to install Scribus 1.5 in Linux Mint 17 Qiana Linux Mint 17.1 Rebecca, Linux Mint 17.2 Rafaela and Ubuntu 14.04 as the Free Best Desktop Publishing Software . The most popular desktop publishing software applications for linux this year.
Scribus – Adobe inDesign Alternative
Scribus – Adobe InDesign Alternative for Linux Open Source FREE. Scribus is probably the best alternative to Adobe InDesign right now. Although Inkscape can also do a quite good job. This article will guide how to install Scribus and its review as free desktop publishing software for linux.
Scribus pleased to announce the release of Scribus 1.5.0 version. Scribus 1.5.0 is a preview of the next stable version 1.6.0 and has primarily been released for testing purposes, this 1.5 scribus version intended to help Scribus Team with identifying and fixing bugs.
Scribus 1.5 is daily build and not stable enough for use in real production scenarios yet, but it can help users to become familiar with the new interface and the amount of new features, the number of which has almost doubled in comparison to the stable 1.4.x series.
The file format has undergone significant changes and may change even further before the release of 1.6.0. Thus, files created or edited in 1.5.0 cannot be opened in earlier versions of Scribus. Potential changes to the file format on the road to 1.6.0 notwithstanding, the Scribus Team will work very hard to make sure that files created by 1.5.0 and the following technology previews can be opened reliably in the next stable release.
For the first time in its history, Scribus 1.5.0 can open / import files created by other DTP programs, namely: Adobe InDesign XML (IDML), Adobe InDesign Snippets (IDMS), Adobe PageMaker (P65, PMD), Apple iWorks PAGES, Microsoft Publisher (PUB), QuarkXPress Tags (XTG), VIVA Designer XML, and Xara Page & Layout Designer (XAR).
How to Install Scribus Linux
Scribus 1.5.x can be installed in Linux Mint 17.x and Ubuntu 14.04 forward. Add this PPA using Terminal and install Scribus 1.5.x in Linux:
The packet scribus-trunk doesn’t seem to be in the 14.10 ppa repository, but you can install the 14.04 ppa (sed command not needed if you install Scribus on Ubuntu 15.04):
#For Linux Mint 17.x
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:scribus/ppa
sudo sed -i s/utopic/trusty/g /etc/apt/sources.list.d/scribus-ppa-trusty.list
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install scribus-trunk
#For Ubuntu 14.04
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:scribus/ppa
sudo sed -i s/utopic/trusty/g /etc/apt/sources.list.d/scribus-ubuntu-ppa-utopic.list
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install scribus-trunk
Scribus Review
As The Most Pupular Desktop Publishing Tool FREE, Scribus has advantages as follow:
- The user interface has been overhauled and restructured in many places. For example, the context menu takes a lot less screen estate than before, and the Document Setup / Preferences dialog has been rewritten from scratch. The Scribus Team is aware of the remaining deficiencies and will work on resolving these issues before the release of 1.6.0. In some cases inconsistencies in the UI (e.g. the “Drop Shadow” tab in the Properties Palette) have been deliberately left in place to receive feedback from users as to which way they prefer.
- Scribus can now store bitmap images within its native file format. Previously it was only possible to link to external images.
- Scribus 1.5.0 now offers a “Symbol” or clone feature similar to Adobe Illustrator: If one master object (Symbol) has been modified, all of its copies (clones) are being modified as well.
- With the new “Weld” feature, objects can be combined and moved without being “grouped”, i.e., each object remains fully editable.
Scribus is the best open source software which become InDesign equivalent software. As a desktop publishing program, Scribus is very well to design flyers, brochure and things with Pages, even you can download templates for Scribus.
Scribus is an advanced program and a free open source program that was originally written for Linux but is now available for Linux, Mac and Windows.
Scribus is the real thing; a professional quality page layout program capable of producing “press-ready” output. The feature list is impressive, basically everything you want is there including: CMYK color, separations, ICC color management and versatile PDF creation. Graphics manipulation is handled via an interface to the Gimp, another open source program. Scribus can also import from and export to programs in the Open Office suite.
The user interface though highly functional, is not quite as slick as its commercial cousins but it can be skinned to fit in with the look of whatever operating system you are using. The documentation is excellent and there is lots of support from Scribus’s enthusiastic user community.
Scribus, the free desktop publishing software for linux 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.
I second Scribus. Ive created a few PDF brochures with it in the past and they have come out great. Its easy to jump into and learn as you go too.