Hello all, As a occasional user of Scribus on Ubuntu (currently 9.10, but also used on previous versions), I have never had much difficulties. I recently designed a brochure using Scribus 1.3.5 and can't remember any crash. So maybe it would be an option to indeed change from Kubuntu to Ubuntu.
But probably this also depends on the complexity of your layout work (not being a professional, mine is usually rather simple. Simon Theo Schmidt wrote: > Hello list, > > In our office we started to use Scribus in Kubuntu 8.04 LTS. Constant crashes > with version 1.3.4, which was recommended to us. Unfortunately the users have > become accustomed to the features of 1.3.4, which are roughly those in 1.3.5 > and > 1.3.6, so going back to the stable version 1.3.3 is not a willing option. > However 1.3.5 and 6 require QT4, which doesn't seem availble for Kubuntu 8.04. > > Unfortunately the users need to work right now and not wait for Kubuntu 10.04 > LTS. I can bridge this gap until April/May with a separate PC just for > Scribus, > but the question arises what to do afterwards and indeed whether to continue > to > use Kubuntu. A Scribus developer (partially quoted below in German) claims > that > Ubuntu is the worst distribution for Scribus because Canonical manipulates > the > QT libraries. > > As Scribus is a must-have for our office this question is rather important to > us. Does anybody here know if this cristicism will still have any basis in > Ubuntu 10.04 LTS? Or is it possible to use "original" QT libraries instead of > those from Canonical, presumably from Debian? > > Best regards, > Theo > > PS Although this is a kind of support question, I'm bringing it here because > of > the implications against Ubuntu's version of QT. > > Quote: > "Was die von Ihrer Grafikerin verwendete Version 1.3.4 angeht, muß ich jedoch > warnen: Sie ist nicht nur "etwas" instabil, sondern geradzu katastrophal > instabil, und sie ist auch niemals als stabil deklariert worden. > ... > "Empfehlenswert ist also entweder wirklich die stabile Version 1.3.3.14 oder > eben 1.3.6, das in den nächsten Tagen oder Wochen veröffentlicht werden wird. > Qt3 und Qt4 lassen sich problemlos nebeneinander verwenden, wobei man > allerdings sagen muß, daß Ubuntu für Scribus die denkbar ungeeignetste > Plattform ist (selbst Windows oder gar das alte OS/2 sind hier besser!), weil > Canonical die Bibliotheken derart manipuliert, daß zumindest reine > Qt-Anwendungen haufenweise unerklärliche Fehler aufweisen, die nicht den > Anwendungsprogrammierern, sondern der Ubuntu-Version von Qt (3 und 4) > anzulasten sind." > > -- Ubuntu-ch mailing list Ubuntu-ch@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-ch
