On Sun, 20 Jan 2008, George De Bruin shared this with us all: >--} So, I guess this situation leaves me in kind of a foobar snafu: >--} >--} (1) The current distribution official release in Ubuntu Gutsy is 1.5.1 >--} (2) 1.5.3 is only available in Ubuntu Hardy, and has dependencies not >--} satisfied by Gutsy >--} >--} So, given this scenario, and the fact that the performance of 1.5.1 is >--} unacceptable (it doesn't scroll well, and it can't keep up with my >--} typing), I guess I am out of luck. >--} >--} Maybe this is for the better... While I've enjoyed using LyX over the >--} past eight years, it has become increasingly noticeable that it is a >--} less than optimal solution for me. Why? >--} >--} (1) When I started most distro's still installed some form of TeX by >--} default. They don't now. So, when I install LyX, I also need a TeX >--} installation (not necessarily a bad thing, given the typsetting >--} capabilities of TeX/LaTeX). >--} >--} (2) When I started with LyX, the primary toolkit in use was still >--} xforms. The idea was to eventually have both a qt and gtk+ versions. >--} However, as things have progressed, it seems that gtk+ has fallen off >--} the map (understandably, no one wants to work on it). Unfortunately, as >--} I've refined my configurations, all of the applications I really need >--} are gtk+ based, so maintaining an installation of qt for a sinlge >--} applications seems a bit more than silly. >--} >--} (3) Duplication of applications: I still have to be able to work with MS >--} Word / Excel documents, and I can't afford to do a lot of back-and-forth >--} conversion and lose the styles in the Word documents. So, this has >--} meant maintaining either AbiWord & Gnumeric, or OpenOffice.org on my > system. --} >--} So, the point is, this current packaging issue has just tipped the >--} scales past the point of being reasonable. It's just gotten to the >--} point where maintaining LyX on my system has become (a) costly in terms >--} of disk space and resources used, (b) now is costing me time, (c) and is >--} actually interfering in my work. >--} >--} So, it's time to set LyX aside. It's been fun using LyX for these past >--} eight years, but now it's time to move on. >--} >--} Bye! >--} >--} // George >--}
Seems logical from your point of view I suppose? Bye. Charlie -- Registered Linux User:- 329524 ********************************************************** Every day is a special day, every place is a special place as it is. -------------------------- BERNIE GLASSMAN <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Debian - Just the best way to do magic.
