Linux: DTP with Scribus

I just found another very interesting open source Linux program called Scribus. It's a desktop publishing program (DTP) good for designing brochures, panflets, books and so on. It's for serious publishing needs and it's all open source.
The part that I really liked is that the scripting language is Python.
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Here's their blurb:
Scribus brings award-winning professional DTP to Linux and *nix desktops with a combination of "press-ready" output and new approaches to page layout.
Underneath the modern and user friendly interface, Scribus supports professional publishing features, such as CMYK color, separations, ICC color management and versatile PDF creation. Scribus was the first DTP application on the planet to directly support PDF/X-3 output, a rigorous ISO standard. Scribus did so by almost a year. Other features include PDF Import, EPS import/export, Unicode text including right to left scripts such as Arabic and Hebrew.

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