Tornoci Laszlo wrote: > John Beardmore wrote: >> OK - for those of us who are thinking of getting away from the 4 gig >> RAM limit of win32, what flavour of Linux would be good for running >> Scribus, Gimp and Inkscape ? (And maybe at some point building Scribus.) >> >> Do we need to go to 64 bits to use more than 4 gig ? >> >> Oddly enough we've recently set up the latest 64 bit kubuntu on a quad >> core AMD chip. >> >> It's not been without its vices but it's OK for its intended role. >> >> I was thinking of setting up a nice linux desktop system with at least >> two monster screens, 1920 by 1200 or something. Are any Linuxes >> particularly friendly towards multiple screens ? > > I am using 64 bit Fedora 10 with 2GB RAM without problems. I have to > compile my own binaries of Scribus, because I use both 1.3.3.x and 1.3.5 > and the distribution rpms limit your choices. > Some people reported here 64 bit systems are faster to run Scribus > (can't remember the platform though). > I use two 1280x1024 screen side by side for a big virtual desktop. I > like it a lot, I would never go back to have a single screen for > Scribus. As far as I know, it's not so much the distribution, it's more > the graphic card that you want to care about when planning your > workstation. I have an nVidia card, I had problems initially, that I > could only solve by using some closed source driver from the nvidia > website. But it works well. The distributions pretty much use the same > free video drivers, so there is not much difference.
Many thanks ! Very useful input ? > But if you end up > by having to use a closed source driver, you might find it easier to > select a distribution that easily lets you use closed source software. Do any make it particularly difficult ? Cheers, J/. -- John Beardmore, MSc EDM (Open), B.A. Chem (Oxon), CMIOSH, AIEMA, MEI Managing Director, T4 Sustainability Limited. http://www.T4sLtd.co.uk/ Energy Audit, Carbon Management, Design Advice, Sustainable Energy Consultancy and Installation, Carbon Trust Standard Registered Assessor Phone: 0845 4561332 Mobile: 07785 563116 Skype: t4sustainability
