THE UBUSTU FEED

Welcome to the second installment of the Ubuntu Studio Weekly Roundup. This should be self-explanatory

New Artwork for Gutsy

First things first, check out some of the proposed art (not necessarily final) for the upcoming Gutsy release of Ubuntu Studio. We really like the new simplified logo, and the psychedelic logon screen, but, we’re not so wild about the new wallpaper. The proposed wallpaper is the same as the background for the logon screen (which we like!) however, we feel the image is too busy and distracting for a desktop. We’d prefer something more thoughtless, zen-like, and serene. A clean slate, so to speak.

Bulk Image Resize/Rotate

Did you know you had bulk image editing capabilities built into your file browser? Thanks to an extension of the file manager Nautilus (both of which are prepackaged with Ubuntu Studio) you can convert images on the fly. Select the images you want to resize and right-click to bring up the context menu pictured above.

Liquid Rescale via Seam Carving

This amazing technology has been turned into a GIMP plugin. While not officially packaged with Ubuntu Studio for the time being, you can download the plugin for Feisty or Gutsy here. It’s a .deb file so all you’ve gotta do is double-click and go! We used it to shrink the Bulk Resize menu above in a matter of seconds!

Learning to Love the Terminal

Lastly, we found this great guide to getting the most out of the Terminal (otherwise known as the command line or shell). This particular guide is extremely well written and walks you through the basics with great ease. If you want to be a power user, this is where its at.