[scribus] Newbie Mac User

[John Culleton]

On Sunday 02 August 2009 08:10:43 am John Beardmore wrote:
> Jeffrey Silverman wrote:
> > ... I suggest Ubuntu, or, possibly even better,
> > Linux Mint, which is like Ubuntu++, but is just a bit less well
> > known.
>
> So what is it with Mint ?  I've seen it highly praised in a
> number of places, but when I've looked at the mint web site, it
> mostly seems to boast about not being geeky and having a nice
> colour scheme. Technical stuff is not prominently displayed. I'm
> all for not putting off lay users, but...
>
> I assume if it's like U++ there's more to it than that ?  Is
> there a technical edge ?  Better testing ?  Fewer bugs ?
>
>
> Cheers, J/.

Try the Slax (note spelling) self loading disk (downloadable free) 
if you are a programmer type.  Or put Slackware itself on a spare 
partition.

Been using Slackware since the 1990s.  All the tools needed to 
compile the latest Scribus are there by default.  I do an update to 
e1.3.5 now and then, but use 1.3.3.13 for production.  

-- 
John Culleton
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