[scribus] Newbie Mac User

[John Beardmore]

John Morris wrote:

> 1. In the places I frequent, my connection to the web is way too slow 
> for it to serve as a replacement for local apps for serious work. In the 
> area where I live, I'm one of the lucky ones to get 1.5Mbps and the 
> local provider has no plans to upgrade in the near future. If I don't 
> like that, there's always satellite at about 400Kbps. When I travel, I 
> usually get a similar connection speed. There are two places where I get 
> a significantly faster connection, my sister's and my bother-in-law's. 
> There I get 16Mbps and 21Mbps, which brings me to my second point.

Then there's bandwidth charges...


>> - Check out Distrowatch: http://www.distrowatch.com
> 
>   I had seen this one. I was mainly struck by the number of things that 
> website tried to sell me.

Yes -  sad. But would you want to pay a subscription ?


Cheers, J/.
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