chris z Posted August 4, 2003 Author Report Share Posted August 4, 2003 thanks for the OpenOffice tip! never thought about that. i'll add that to the list. won't get to try these things 'til tomorrow, but at least you guys are giving me some ideas. (anything to keep me outta Window$!) judland with OpenOffice templates, can you use your own cd cover art for front cover pictures, ala copping the covers from Amazon, & then just pasting them into a template? just wondrin'......... Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
judland Posted August 4, 2003 Report Share Posted August 4, 2003 Yup, you bet. The thing about using OOWriter is that you have all the functionality of the word processor at your disposal, and the software is most likely already installed on your PC. Be sure to check out the templates for OODraw. There are many more CD/DVD templates under that heading as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris z Posted August 5, 2003 Author Report Share Posted August 5, 2003 judland........ i played around with OO & those templates before work this morning. that is the shit! thanks soooo much. you saved me from booting into Window$! you are correct, too...........i get the best of both worlds with OO.......i can manipulate the graphics how i want, & it's a kick ass word processor to boot! Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michel Posted August 5, 2003 Report Share Posted August 5, 2003 While I was searching arounf a couple a days ago...:)..I found a gimp-plugin for making cd-covers...it took me a while to find it again, but here is it: http://www.shallowsky.com/software/cdplugins/ Haven't tried it before...., but maybe it's good... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
judland Posted August 6, 2003 Report Share Posted August 6, 2003 Hey, glad I could help you out, Chris. I'm always in search of the easiest way to get things done. Guess that's what lead me to Linux :lol: I'll have to give the Gimp plugin a try sometime, Michel. Thanks for the info.! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AussieJohn Posted June 22, 2006 Report Share Posted June 22, 2006 (edited) There is an rpm for KCDLABEL. It is in contribs, so also is GLABELS. There is rarely ever a need to compile a program package. The sites that only seem to list suse or fedora or whatever for binary packages gives the false impression that there are none available for Mandriva and this could not be further from the truth. If you learn of a programme name, look FIRST in Main and Contrib, especially contrib, and more often than not you will find it there. Simple. Cheers. John. Edited June 22, 2006 by AussieJohn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arctic Posted June 22, 2006 Report Share Posted June 22, 2006 If you learn of a programme name, look FIRST in Main and Contrib, especially contrib, and more often than not you will find it there. Simple. I completely agree. The chance that it won't be on the mirrors is quite small, as there are over 13 000 packages available for Mandriva. I guess I will give a look to glables now. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dexter11 Posted June 22, 2006 Report Share Posted June 22, 2006 Maybe there wasn't a package of those in 2003 and there wasn't 13000 packages in the Mandriva repos in 2003. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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