Scribus is an Open Source program that brings professional page layout to Linux/UNIX, Mac OS X and Windows desktops with a combination of press-ready output and new approaches to page design. Underneath a modern and user-friendly interface, Scribus supports professional publishing features, such as color separations, CMYK and Spot Color support, ICC color management, and versatile PDF creation.
After a long intensive work by developers, the stable version of Scribus is out. Scribus 1.4 came with a lot of surprises for all the fans out there as it opens a whole new paradigm of desktop publishing. More than 2000 feature requests and bugs have been resolved since the development of this new version started, wow !!! It is now also available for Mac OSX 10.5 or later versions as well as a native version for OS/2 Warp 4 and eComStation.
Installation
Open the Terminal and type the following commands in sequence -
sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list
Then copy the lines below and paste them in the gedit window you just opened and save and exit.
For Ubuntu 11.10 -
deb http://debian.scribus.net/debian/ oneiric main
deb http://debian.tagancha.org/debian/ oneiric main
For Ubuntu 11.04, 10.10, 10.04 – replace ‘oneiric’ by ‘natty’ , ‘maverick’ & ‘lucid’ respectively in both lines.
After that, type
sudo apt-get install scribus
Wait for the file to get installed and then fire-up scribus and start working 
What’s New
- 1.4.0 is based on the Qt4 application framework.
- Feature enhancements to object handling (e.g. transform tools like in advanced drawing programs), with improvements to existing features like the Scrapbook and the Image Manager.
- Many advanced options for text and typography, like character styles, optical margins, or glyph extension.
- Undo/Redo is finally available for almost all text-related actions.
- 1.4.0 is being shipped with many more templates than previous versions.
- New features for vector objects, like Boolean path operations, vector effects or a line style editor.A new frame type called “Render Frame” allows for rendering (and subsequently export) the output of every program that can create PostScript, PDF or PNG files via the command line (e.g. LaTeX, Lilypond, POV-Ray) inside Scribus.
- PDF export has seen major improvements as well. Scribus can now export to PDF 1.5, including PDF layers.
- Hundreds of minor and major usability improvements have been added.
Scribus 1.4 in Ubuntu 11.10
Njoy !
