174 CHAPTER 11 UBUNTU REPLACEMENTS FOR WINDOWS (Web design portfolio)
174 CHAPTER 11 UBUNTU REPLACEMENTS FOR WINDOWS PROGRAMS Figure 11-9. Nautilus CD/DVD Creator Photo Editing: The GIMP While many of the other programs introduced so far mirror the Windows look and feel in some way, The GIMP (Applications . Graphics . GIMP Image Editor) walks a different path. It has its own unique way of working, which takes a little getting used to. But it s very much worth the effort, because The GIMP offers photo-editing tools on par with professional products like Adobe Photoshop. It s certainly more than powerful enough for tweaking digital camera snapshots. When you initially run The GIMP, it will install itself to your hard disk. Some of the questions it asks look complicated, but you can stick with the default choices throughout. Once the program is running, you ll notice that it s actually little more than a large toolbar on the left side of the screen, as shown in Figure 11-10. Everything else that runs within The GIMP whether it s a window containing the image you re editing or an additional configuration dialog box uses its own program window. This also means that each program item that you activate gets its own button on the Panel at the bottom of the screen.