I have installed the NeoOffice?/J port of OpenOffice on my Dual 1GHz G4 and although it is early stages I really like not having to use X11. I wonder if Scribus could also be made to run without X11 using Java technologies? According to their web site NeoOffice takes advantage of advanced MacOS X typography through the Java runtime Here is a link for more info on : http://www.planamesa.com/neojava/en/index.php I have not installed Scribus yet because I am a bit scared of the Fink and I am not able to handle any complications with installation and fonts etc. I am not feeling very brave right now so I might have to wait for a .dmg installer. What is Suse 9 like to work with for other programs as your working environment compared to OS X? Would you prefer to work on a Mac if Scribus worked on OS X without X11or is Linux (which I have no experience with) a good environment to work in? Thanks __Jeremy
On Friday, July 2, 2004, at 09:44 AM, Kevin Walzer wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > I'm increasing my use of Scribus in my day-to-day business for cover > design, and I used both a Linux box and OS X for a recent project. I > thought I'd share some impressions with the list. > > Scribus runs OK on the Mac under Fink, but it's a bit slow. I have an > old PC (733 mhz/P3) that I put Suse 9 on a while back, so I thought I'd > build Scribus 1.1.7 there and see how it worked. > > What a difference it makes working in the native environment! Scribus > immediately picks up the look and feel of KDE. It also "feels" a bit > faster, owing to the lack of two windowing systems (the Mac has its own > Aqua windowing system and also runs Fink apps with an X11 server). > Without the distractions of working in two environments, I was able to > get the cover done a bit more quickly than before--and also explore > more > of Scribus' new features. I especially like the better color mixing > capabilities, and the support for transparency (don't know if that was > there before 1.1.7, but the great tutorial that was posted recently > pointed it out to me). > -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/enriched Size: 2307 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://nashi.altmuehlnet.de/pipermail/scribus/attachments/20040703/4d0c3418/attachment.bin
