[scribus] Newbie Mac User

[John Culleton]

On Monday 03 August 2009 06:26:23 am John Beardmore wrote:
> Jeffrey Silverman wrote:
> > Hey, some additional points:
> >
> > - Try Crossover Office. I really works for running Windows apps
> > -- especially Office -- on Linux (and Mac OS, actaully)
>
> OK.
>
> > - Don't take this the wrong way (not that there is any other
> > way to take a statement that starts with the disclaimer "don't
> > take this the wrong way") but you guys sound like a bunch of
> > crotchety geezers. "I don't want to run any computer that won't
> > support my IBM 1442 Card Read-Punch Model 1".  Just saying...
>
> With some validity no doubt.
>
> > - The web is the new OS.
>
> Don't take this the wrong way, but 'not round here it isn't' !  I
> can't speak for MSIE, but firefox and the things in it gobble and
> leak more resources over a few days than can be casually be
> explained away. 


Never had this problem.  Running version 3.04 on Slackware Linux 
12.2. Main memory is currently 4 gigs (new box.) I'll run some 
tests. Currently taking 34% of cpu and 3% of memory.

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