Hi all, LWN.net has an article about Scibus at http://lwn.net/Articles/40000/ - the interesting thing there is the comments which discuss if Scribus is the first DTP app for Linux or not, as some consider LaTeX to generate "press-ready" results as well and might be capable of DTP as well...
Additionally, there's http://lwn.net/Articles/40101/ "Graphics programs for Linux" - which is available only for subscribers until next thursday (you might want to consider looking into it then - which tells us e.g. the following: "I've tried Scribus on and off for some time now, and it definitely shows promise. After downloading the 1.0 release, I was impressed by how far Scribus has come in a fairly short time. It offers all the features you'd need to produce a decent company newsletter or flyer, allows you to prepare a document for printing or convert to PDF for electronic publishing. [...] There are a few glitches; some of the tools don't act quite as you might expect, and there are a few features that you'd definitely want in desktop publishing application that aren't in Scribus just yet. [...] But, a few shortcomings aside, Scribus is definitely a boon for folks who want to see Linux succeed on the desktop. While it may not be perfect, it should be good enough to attract a strong audience that will help to see it move forward in much the same way the GIMP has over the years." I guess this very good and serious press covering, and also their overlook of a bunch of graphics tools is really a nice thing to look in (now, if you're a subscriber; next week, if you don't want to become one). Greetings from Austria, Robert Kaiser
