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David Major wrote:

> Is there Linux software of reasonable quality for making web pages and
> maintaingin sites, as well as doing all the PageMakery and PhotoShopy
> stuff?
> 
> Is there any decent page layout software?
> 
> What breeds of fonts can be used under Linux? TrueType? Postscript?
> Both?

Ummm.... this is where Linux goes to its knees.  I am a part-time
graphic artist and full-time Computer Engineering student, and I have
been torn on this issue for quite a while.  To me, Linux is the greatest
thing since sliced bread, but unfortunately, big-time app vendors like
Adobe have not yet realized the power potential of porting Photoshop and
Pagemaker (wow, sounds like alliteration) to Linux Workstations.  Linux
is the best OS I have seen yet -- whoever said the best things in life
aren't free is wrong -- but as of yet, relying on Linux for graphics
isn't yet available.  Currently, I run Linux as my main OS, but I keep
an NT partition so that I can use trusty ole' Adobe apps like Pagemaker
and Photoshop (of course the damn bugs and sloth-speed of NT curse my
efforts).  Of course, GIMP is a great graphics project and Tex is the
best real typesetting language (for plain 'ole books and stuff), but you
can't really do page layout and severe graphics processing with either
of them.

Chris Helmkamp
hempcamp 'at' udel.edu