Hello everyone, I have some artistic apps which I'd like to contribute to Ubuntu Studio. I used to maintain a custom artistic Ubuntu spin but I think it's better to merge than to fork in this area.
I've packaged GIMP Paint Studio (and shipped it by default in my Ubuntu remix): https://launchpad.net/~shnatsel/+archive/gimp-paint-studio GIMP-Painter patch is a great addition to it: https://launchpad.net/~mizuno-as/+archive/gimp-painter These two things were extensively used in making the Sintel open-source movie, along with MyPaint which is already present in Ubuntu repositories. I've also packaged OpenRaster plugin for GIMP for interoperability with MyPaint and OpenRaster thumbnailers for GNOME and XFCE, also to accompany MyPaint: https://launchpad.net/~shnatsel/+archive/openraster I think these apps will be useful for Ubuntu Studio. All those packages are tested and debugged pretty well, I've even shipped everything except thumbnailers in my Ubuntu remix by default (and fixed some integration bugs along the way), but abandoned that remix and now work on elementary OS. Also, according to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuStudio/Artwork/OfficialOneiric, you're going to use a clean desktop without any icons. We did the same thing in elementary OS Jupiter and faced some issues with using classic file managers for that; we ended up making a custom service to draw desktop wallpaper - https://blueprints.launchpad.net/pantheon-wallpaper Unlike all other solutions known to us, it's rendered in Cairo and therefore provides extremely smooth transitions, even on old hardware. It also uses dconf/GSettings to store configuration so it responds to wallpaper changes very quickly too. It might be useful for you as well. Cheers, -- Sergey "Shnatsel" Davidoff elementary OS integrator -- Ubuntu-Studio-devel mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-devel
