Heracles wrote: > Alan L Tyree wrote: > >> On Fri, 02 Apr 2010 09:38:35 +1100 >> Heracles <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> <SNIP> >> >> >>> {note to Jon: forget Scribus, it still crashes regularly. I have been >>> trying to use the "stable" version to produce a magazine I write for >>> another computer club and had to go back to using OOo as Scribus >>> crashed almost every time I tried to use the story editor to change >>> the text a little. It needs a lot more development to be usable.} >>> >>> >>> >> What version of Scribus are you using? I have used it a fair amount, >> but always the ScribusNG package. I have never had any problem with it >> at all. First on Debian Lenny, recently on Debian Squeeze. A quick look >> at the Ubuntu forums didn't turn up any recent complaints about crashes. >> >> Also, the Scribus website has just announced a bug-fix version 1.3.6. >> >> Since LyX/LaTeX have usually been sufficient for my publishing >> needs, I have never been a heavy user of it, so maybe I just haven't hit >> the wall. Still, seems surprising to me since I have had very good >> results when I have used it. >> >> Cheers, >> Alan >> >> > Hi Alan, > Version is 1.3.3.14(Stable) > I'll upgrade to 1.3.6 and see if that helps. My magazine is 24 pages, so > it should not be a problem for even a simple DTP. > Thanks > Heracles > Just finished the download. I'll see how it goes. Funny thing happened, I was able to run two instances of Synaptic both downloading different programs in different windows simultaneously. It usually won't allow this.
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