[plug] DTP Software

Chris Crawford albert at spark.plug.linux.org.au
Tue Dec 18 16:39:01 WST 2001


Hi i dont now if this will help but there a new program in Debian (woody)
called Scribus that is suposed to be like Adobe and Quark


On Tue, 18 Dec 2001 craig at postnewspapers.com.au wrote:

> > Could anyone recommend any Desktop Publishing software which works well
> > under linux.
> Well, Quark isn't available for linux and I've never got it running
> under wine (with no windows) yet.
>
> I fear that at this stage, anything you get will be not so much "is
> there a linux version" as "does it work under wine."
>
> This frustrates me no end as I work at a newspaper. F**ING Quark isn't
> even available for MacOS X yet :-(
>
> The world of DP seems to be particularly focused on MacOS 7-9 & Windows,
> even more than the rest of the industry. And even MacOS seems to be
> fading into the background - but then, with MacOS 9 less reliable than
> win9x (I kid you not), good riddance. If only the OSX support would come
> out sooner.
>
> --
> Craig Ringer
> IT Manager
> POST Newspapers
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