[scribus] Which linux for scribus in virtual box ?

[Jeffrey Silverman]

On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 8:02 PM, John Beardmore <John at t4sltd.co.uk> wrote:
> Jeffrey Silverman wrote:
>
>> The real solution, if dumping XP is your goal, is the other way
>> around: Linux as the main OS and Windows XP as the VM guest.
>
> That would probably preclude our running folding jobs on the GPU for example
> ?

What do you mean by this?


>> Otherwise
>> you can;t very well dump XP, can you?
>
> It's a stepping stone that gives us access to Linux tools.

Right. But, the stepping stone will be easier to step off of if you
have WinXP on the VM and Linux as the host.


>
>>You will be surprised at how
>> little you have to fire up the VM.
>
> I probably wouldn't be having already lived in both worlds.
>
<snip!>

I have not used Windows for anything[1] since around 2002. For a while
I was dual booting, then using windows in a VM, then Crossover Office.
(This is starting to sound like an AA meeting or something)

Anyway, I really have found that I don't need to ever run Windows.
Even many Windows-only things, such as Quickbooks, run well under
WINE. My wife uses Quickbooks Online in MSIE 6 under Crossover Office
WINE. Everything I do I can do without booting into Windows. Including
my job as a sysadmin.

The reason I don't use Windows is because, frankly, I don't like it.
Not because of the MS monopoly quasi-political crap. It is because I
prefer the interface, tools, flexibility, and non-nagginess of Linux
desktops. And the fact that it is free (as in no money) doesn't hurt.
(Actually, I'd say that's my number 2 reason.)

Anyway, good luck. I understand the weaning process. If you ever have
questions about Linux this or that, fire away. I know the Scribus
mailing list is not technically the right place but eff it, it seems
like half the scribus users here or more use Linux and Linux users are
always eager to talk about Linux. Because they are goofy, yes, that's
why.

Seeya






[1] Slight exaggeration, obviously. But pretty close to true. The only
thing I currently own that requires Windows is the tanning salon
software my wife's business needs to run. So her business,
unfortunately, runs Windows. I've run into a situation here or there
where I had to boot into Windows. For example, Gotomeeting.com's
shitty conferencing software. I say shitty because there are at least
a half dozen or more conferencing tools that really are cross platform
and I get pissed to no end when some client uses crap that makes me
boot Windows.
-- 
JDS