Why do YOU love LyX?

2012-02-18 Thread Russell D Brunelle
If you have a good idea, then there's something special (I'm almost tempted to say "sacred") about committing it to paper. The emergence of abstract thinking was an early inflection point in the development of our species. The invention of written language was another. The invention of the pri

Recommended third-party tools

2012-02-18 Thread Russell D Brunelle
I'm working on creating the "perfect" step-by-step procedure for setting up a Linux workstation for scientific writing, based on LyX and with an emphasis on selecting the best available FOSS tools for creating graphics and performing computations. Whenever possible I wanted to select tools whi

Re: Free software writing appliance -- email clients

2012-02-18 Thread Russell D Brunelle
On Sun, 19 Feb 2012, Steve Litt wrote: In it he recommended Evolution as an email client. FWIW I deleted that portion: it was left over from something else, and really shouldn't have been there. At the same time I made other edits based on some of the suggestions I've received so far, incl

Re: Recommended third-party tools

2012-02-22 Thread Russell D Brunelle
I'd like to thank everyone who offered suggestions for this guide. I've implemented almost all of them, and anyone who wants to take this thing and make something more official out of it is welcome to. I remain of the opinion that a simple, one-page guide which takes the user step-by-step not o