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Scribus, anyone?
While atttempting to help a friend with a combined MS Publisher / PDF issue (and the various compatibility issues encountered along the way) I did a bit of searching for a FOSS DTP application and came...
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Scribus – New Zealand book
From Marcus Holland-Moritz, a stunning example of outstanding design chops coupled with open source software – and a New Zealand reference (my home) to boot: http://zrox.org/nzbook/...
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Build Scribus 1.3.6.svn in Ubuntu 9.10
Something to pass the time while I figure out why it won’t build on OpenSolaris… Assuming a base, freshly patched install of Ubuntu 9.10 x86, install these packages using Synaptic package manager:...
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Build Scribus 1.3.6.svn on OpenSolaris x64 – UPDATED
(EDIT: looks like I’m unable to open nor save .SLA files with this – which is not particularly useful. Stay tuned…) (EDIT #2: see here for the workaround) This has taken me an age to complete, but I’ve...
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Build Scribus 1.3.6.svn on OpenSolaris x64 – part 2 (UPDATED)
Full build instructions as copied/pasted from my bug report – note that this will enable you to build Scribus, but opening/saving Scribus project files is broken. If anyone has a workaround for this...
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OpenIndiana 151a is out – and powered by Illumos
In case you haven’t already heard, OpenIndiana development release 151a is out. The critical change in this release is that it’s now based on the Illumos kernel, developed by star ex-Sun Microsystems...
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