Last Friday I tried to play around a little with nUbuntu, only to discover, a) I don't know enough about security for a review of it from me to be worthwhile, and b) nUbuntu is still very much a distro in beta. It isn't as user friendly as the other *buntu distros, but then again it is not aimed at the general public or backed by Canonical either. Booting it up from the live CD was somewhat more of a chore than most popular distros I've seen, and once I had it up I couldn't find a simple way to take screenshots. No, "Print Screen" didn't work. As usual, one failure with Linux led to unexpected learning for me. I finally figured out how to take selective screenshots. So, here's how.
First, get into the terminal and check to see if you already have ImageMagick. Do this by typing import -version and hitting enter. If you have it already you will be able to see the ImageMagick version number. If it isn't already installed, type in sudo apt-get install imagemagick.
Second, once you have ImageMagick installed, type import MyScreenshot.png and hit enter. Drag the cursor across the screen to create a square around whatever you want to include in the screenshot. You should hear a beep when the screenshot begins and ends.
Third, an easy way to view the screenshot from the terminal is to use Eye of Gnome. You may already have it, in which case you can just type in eog MyScreenshot.png and have a look at the image. In case you don't have eog, you can get it with sudo apt-get install eog.
Of course it should be obvious that you don't have to call your image "MyScreenshot.png." That was just used for illustrative purposes. The image including in this blog post is actually from the Linux Mint 7 live CD. This is a pretty cool distro, and I highly recommend it if you are thinking about getting into Linux, or are looking for a new distro to use. I'm satisfied with the Ubuntu 8.10 I have installed on my home computer, but I could definitely see installing Linux Mint on a second desktop if I had one.
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