Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Released

Ubuntu has finally released their second LTS [Long Term Support] Operating system.. Being the most widely used Linux distro we all have huge hope with this big release. So lets take a quick look at its features an aplication : 00

Accessories:

1. Calculator (an arithmetic, scientific or financial calculator)
2. Character Map (permits to insert special characters into documents)
3. Dictionary (a tool to search word definitions and spellings in an online dictionary)
4. Baobab (disk usage analyzer)
5. Seahorse (passwords and encryption keys manager)
6. Gnome Screenshot (saves images of your desktop or individual windows)
7. Gnome Terminal (allows you to use the command-line)
8. Gedit (a small and lightweight text editor with intuitive spell-checker)
9. Tomboy (desktop note-taking application)

Graphics:

1. F-Spot (photo manager)
2. The GIMP (image editor)
3. XSane (scan, copy and fax images)

Support the Libre Graphics Meeting 2008.

The Libre Graphics Meeting will be held in Wrocław Poland on 8-11th May, The conference will bring users and developers of free Graphic applications together, on the list is , GIMP, Inkscape, Scribus, Blender, Krita, the Open Clipart Library.

Help out!The organizes have setup a donation fund to help support developers with travel and accommodation costs.
USD$ 20,000 needs to be raised in the next 16 days before Friday, April 18t. so help out if you can

Source : Pledgie — Donate To: “Support the Libre Graphics Meeting”

Unofficial Linux Mint 5 Wallpapers

Linux Mint 5 dedicated wallpapers Hope you like them

Tutorial : Create Mac like Wallpaper with Gimp.

Tutorial : Create Mac Like Wallpaper using Gimp

Have you ever wondered how those glossy and stupendous wallpapers are created ? If not ! Then let me take you on a tour which will help you to create glossy wallpapers without any havoc.. This guide is targeted towards beginners .. I have tried my best to make it simple .. Being an Open Source user and FOSS follower I always use Open Source software to do my work. In this tutorial I had used GNU Image Manipulation Program [Gimp 2.4.2] to create wallpaper, so this tutorial will be focused on GIMP while people using Photoshop can still use the same technique to create this wallpaper..

The wallpaper I created has been inspired by Mac Aqua series of wallpaper.. Since I am using GNU OS I dedicate my 1’st wallpaper to my Operating System . i.e. Kubuntu 8.04..

In this tutorial we will focus to create a wallpaper like this..

Gimp is a multi platform Image Editor available for Windows, Linux, and Mac OSX.. So you can use tutorial on any OS.. So lets get started …

Kubuntu Wallpaper : Mac Look.

I have released this wallpaper .. This is the 1’st wallpaper that I have created .. So please don’t think It will be great Well was playing around with Gimp and made this… Hope you all will like it

Wallpaper with diff. resolution : Mediafire

Regards .. Keep the suggestions and comments coming