Hi, > Perhaps it's worth creating a part of the documentation with 'Hardware > for Scribus' recommendations..? I'm planning to buy a new custom PC for > use as a DTP workstation in the next month or so, so I can post my > specs for comment and a review of my final machine if that would be > useful :)
If you're buying a box, avoid the crap from the box pushers (likes of PC World/Dixons in the UK) - go to a local independant. Specify the hardware and ensure you say you don't want an OS on the drive. Minimum hardware P3-450 (P2-700 at a push!) 128Mb memory (more the merrier) GF2 64Mb* About 10Mb on the HD for the final binary & libs I would recommend that if you have this sort of box, you use the 2.6.1 kernel. * avoid like the plague on board video. Slows things down, especially on a poor quality mobo. At work it looks like we have to buy from Centerprise. These bunch of idiots wouldn't know how to make a good computer if you bitslapped them for a month. I have only ever known one brand of machine which won't install Linux in a graphic mode - and it's theirs. Centerprise == PC World own brand Me, I insist on Gigabyte mobos, decent DDR memory and a GF4 440TX (128Mb). Yum! TTFN Paul -- One OS to fool them all One browser to find them One email client to bring them all And through security holes, blind them... -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part Url : http://nashi.altmuehlnet.de/pipermail/scribus/attachments/20040115/181580e2/attachment.pgp
