* Elaine de Saxe <coolowl at hotkey.net.au> [2007-03-14 15:25:22 +1000]:
> Good morning all ... > > > The Synaptic menu option that you need should be between > > "Preferences" & > > "Filters". > That menu item is 'repositories' and as I've already said, all it > offers when I select it is 'software preferences' with the three tabs > being 'installation media' 'internet updates' and 'authentication'. Elaine, Is it possible that you are starting synaptic without administrative privileges and that's why you don't have the option to add a repository? Since you are running Ubuntu you should be able to start it with root privileges by executing a "sudo synaptic" in a terminal or at the "Run Command" prompt that you can call up by using 'Alt+F2' key combination. Our wiki page http://wiki.scribus.net/index.php/Getting_Scribus_on_Ubuntu/Kubuntu_up_and_running has screenshots of the exact operation of adding our repository to synaptic/adept on Ubuntu. Please use that guide. It can't get any easier than that. > 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. Debian/Ubuntu works very well with Scribus except for the known Qt3/SCIM related issue on Ubuntu that messes up number input into spinboxes in the properties palette as described in http://bugs.scribus.net/view.php?id=3826 and for which there are proven workarounds. This issue will go away for good with qt4. Your Ubuntu installation does _not_ require you to use the terminal to install/update Scribus. Anyway, I do believe that you will waste a lot more of your time hopping around the miriad of Linux distributions and learning the idiosyncrasies of each one then by accepting the help already provided by the nice people in this channel and learning to manage just one application i.e. synaptic in this case, since it works the same way with many thousands of packages available for Debian/Ubuntu. Remember that even using any non-trivial software on Windows (TM) requires people to learn numerous kinks of installing those applications. In short, there is no silver bullet. You can keep searching for that ever elusive panacea or you can enjoy becoming productive by intelligently applying the experience others have already invested time and efforts in gaining and are willing to freely share with you. Regards, Alex.
