[KLUG Members] is there ?????? for linux

[Adam Williams]

>I have a co-worker that is thinking about switching to Linux.  He was
>asking if there is an equivalent for creata-card/Printshop and also
>for M$ Publisher in Linux.  Any ideas??

Directly, I think "no"

1. Print shop - I'm pretty certain not.  But I also don't really
understand the continued popularity of these packages,  an office package
with the correct templates can do all this.  I'm pretty certain you won't
find anything like print shop.

2. M$ Publisher - First, let me preface my saying: "Gawd!  I hate this
app!  What the *$(@() *(&$(*&@(+ $&&@^&@  &^%#$&^@ is the point!  Oh,
right! To make truly enourmous files!"  Ahem..... There are 'direct'
completitors like Scribus.  High end steep-learning-curve solutions like
LaTex.  And I think KDE has a desktop publishing package.  And then there
is Open Office.  I've seen M$ Published and really I don't get it,  it
doesn't do anything at all that Open Draw doesn't do (as far as I can
tell) and it has a really hard time producing files any printing company
can use (the whole point of a publishing package, yes?).