[K12OSN] Scribus

[Quentin Hartman]

On Fri, 2006-03-03 at 15:06 -0500, Timothy Hart wrote:
> Has anyone had any experience runnning the Aqua version of Scribus on
> OS X. I downloaded it and it is just slllooowwww. I am on a G4 ibook,
> but it just doesn't cut it. I am using the X11 version through Fink,
> but that is at version 1.2. The Aqua version is up to the latest
> build. I am guessing the slowness is just related to the free QT tools
> they are using to do it. Anybody else having any luck with this?

I had the same experience. The solution I ended up with was having the
user use Inkscape instead of scribus. Since the "page layout" they are
doing is mostly pictures with just a little text (instead of mostly text
with a few pictures) Inkscape seems to be a better tool for the job
anyway. 

-- 
-Regards-

-Quentin Hartman-
Technology Coordinator
South Lane School District
Cottage Grove, OR