Elaine wrote: > So: is there a linux distro or distros which work particularly well > with Scribus and get the updates without having to be told via lines > of text in a terminal? I have available: Mint, Mepis, Damn Small, > Zen, Kubuntu, Fedora.
Sure. I use VectorLinux 5.8 Standard. Scribus has always worked fine for me through several versions. Upgrading an installed package is easy through the GSlapt package manager and also by a simple upgradepkg command at a terminal command line. VectorLinux is a small distro based on Slackware. It is solid and not doctored up as much as the flashier distros.In our Vector repositories, the latest version of Scribus is 1.3.3.7, but you can install a Slackware package for 1.3.3.8 from linuxpackages.net. I don't like to wait for a new version to make it into a repository when it comes out, so I usually just compile it myself from source. Almost everything compiles well under VectorLinux. Don't get scared by the notion of compiling. It's a simple process that requires no programming knowledge. There is no good reason to be constrained by what happens to make it into repositories for a particular distro, which is what happens if someone refuses to learn to compile from source. Knowledge is power! VectorLinux is easy to use but does not conceal as much from the user as Ubuntu (to give just one example). The advantage to the user is immense: you actually learn to use LINUX, not some graphical tool. VL has a very nice balance between graphical front ends for system administration and package management and straightforward editing of text files for some configuration. I have a beautiful, highly customizable XFce desktop (not KDE or Gnome, both of which I dislike somewhat). I love Linux and love VectorLinux. What more can I say? --Judy Miner Registered Linux User #397786
