I run Scribus under a cut down version of Slackware 12 with WindowMaker. If you're looking for a light-weight distro and windowing environment, this setup is hard to beat. Although, Scribus itself will likely need more horsepower than a Win95 era PC will be able to provide, in order to prove useful.
/KRM On Fri, Sep 04, 2009 at 10:38:20PM -0400, jwminer at accessvt.com wrote: > Bryan wrote: > > Does anyone know if there are any Scribus versions out there still > > available for download that work on Windows 95? I know it's > > ancient, but I have a guy that has an old computer. He's into > > graphic art, but has never used computers. Someone gave him this > > old computer, he wants to see if it's something he would use before > > buying one.... > > There is a free version of Serif PagePlus SE that states it will run > on Windows 95. I've used PagePlus a few times on Windows and it is > easy to use (or as easy as DTP apps are inclined to be). Take a look > here: > http://www.freeserifsoftware.com/software/PagePlus/key_features.asp > > I assume that if your friend likes the graphic apps that will run on > that old computer, he'll buy a new one. Ubuntu is not going to run > well on a Win95-era computer if it has Win95-era RAM (32 megs being > a large amount back then). VectorLinux 6 Light is a better choice, > as confirmed by several Ubuntu refugees who migrate to VL and the > VectorLinux forums. However, even VectorLinux Light will limp with > 64 megs of RAM and is much more satisfactory with 96 megs or 128 > megs. Even at that, Scribus is a demanding application (as are Gimp > and Inkscape and Firefox and OpenOffice or AbiWord, which is no > longer so light). If your friend has never used a computer, he may > not enjoy sitting around tapping his fingers waiting for an app to > load or do much of anything. > > I always say put Linux on your best computer, not the clunker, if > you want to see what Linux is really capable of. Your friend has the > advantage of not having the Windows way of doing things ingrained in > him and half the battle in using Linux is recognizing that it's not > Windows and doesn't always work "the Windows way." When a new user > starts with Linux, the Linux way seems the normal way. In day to day > use, Linux is no harder than Windows and maybe easier because > avoiding malware is much easier in Linux. > --Judy M. > USA > > > Registered Linux User #397786 > Being productive with VectorLinux 6.0 Standard, Deluxe Edition > > > _______________________________________________ > scribus mailing list > scribus at lists.scribus.info > http://lists.scribus.info/mailman/listinfo/scribus
