This page includes helpful open source software you may wish to use when creating materials for Ubuntu marketing materials.
Other Useful Software
Some open source software may not be particularly useful for creating marketing materials, but may still be helpful.
Ubuntu/Linux Users
The best and most commonly used open source applications are installed for you already!Windows Users
To edit many of the formats used on SpreadUbuntu, a free download of open source software may be required. gz - odt - odg - odp - pdf - psd - svg - tar - xcfGIMP
GIMP is the GNU Image Manipulation Program. It is a freely distributed piece of software for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring. Commonly Used Formats: XCF, PSD, PNG, JPEG, GIF, PS, SVG, PDF, TIFInkscape
An Open Source vector graphics editor, with capabilities similar to Illustrator, CorelDraw, or Xara X, using the W3C standard Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) file format. Inkscape supports many advanced SVG features (markers, clones, alpha blending, etc.) and great care is taken in designing a streamlined interface. It is very easy to edit nodes, perform complex path operations, trace bitmaps and much more. Commonly Used formats: SVG, PDF, AI, CDI, FIG, XAML, PNG, JPEG, TGA, TIF7-Zip
7-Zip is a file archiver with a high compression ratio. Packing and unpacking: 7z, ZIP, GZIP, BZIP2, TAR Common Unpacking only: CAB, DEB, DMG, HFS, ISO, MSI, RAR, RPM, UDF, ZOpenOffice.org
OpenOffice.org is the leading open-source office software suite for word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, graphics, databases and more. Commonly Used Formats: ODT, DOC, DOCX, ODP, PPT, PPTX, ODG, SVGUbuntu!
All software on this page is open source and free. If you enjoy this open source software, and others, download Ubuntu! Ubuntu comes with many of these programs pre-installed.