<html><head><style type="text/css"></style></head><body><div style="font-family:courier,monaco,monospace,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><div style="font-family: courier,monaco,monospace,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">We will definitely be producing some Ubuntu users here at Skyline High School!<br><br>About Adobe: I learned Photoshop and got pretty good at it.  I had a *cough cough* <span style="font-style: italic;">free</span> copy that someone passed on to me.  When I discovered OSS, I also installed GIMP.  Although it was hard to adjust at first, this was only because I had first learned Photoshop.  I now use only GIMP, and have become quite comfortable with it.  <br><br>Richard<br><br>P.S.  The "alien glow" script-foo in GIMP can be used to produce an awesome lightsaber effect....<br><br><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">----- Original Message ----<br>From: Andrew <keen101@gmail.com><br>To: Ubuntu Colorado Local Community Team <ubuntu-us-co@lists.ubuntu.com><br>Sent: Friday, September 21, 2007 7:13:25 PM<br>Subject: Re: [CoLoCo] *Stellarium makes a hit with old astronomy teacher*<br><br><div>Neat. So, that could mean even more people that might be interested in<br>Ubuntu right Richard?! :)<br><br>...And, Mark, that's neat that you have a mini-lab for yearbook. :)<br><br>(This next part is just a general statement directed at anyone who wants<br>to reply)<br><br>I'm taking a Computer Graphics class at my school. It's pretty neat, but<br>we are using the Adobe "suite" of software. (Indesign, photoshop, etc..)<br>I'm learning a bunch of new skills, and I'm having fun. But, I'm hoping<br>that these skills can be easily transfered to Open Source software. I<br>know there are some people on this list who use the Adobe software, and<br>I'd like to know if anyone thinks the open source alternatives can<br>replace ALMOST or ALL of the features that adobe has. If not, then what<br>features/reasons are there to keep and use the proprietary adobe.<br><br>-Andrew<br></div></div><br></div></div><br> <hr size=1> <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=51201/*http://autos.yahoo.com/new_cars.html;_ylc=X3oDMTE5NWVzZGVyBF9TAzk3MTA3MDc2BHNlYwNtYWlsdGFncwRzbGsDYXV0b3MtbmV3Y2Fy ">Check out </a> the hottest 2008 models today at Yahoo! Autos. </body></html>