[HLUG] julian - community first and scribus

[j michaelson]

nice one julian,

the nx thing sounds cool, i might look into that.

john michaelson.

On 2/3/06, Julian Robbins <joolsr at fastmail.fm> wrote:
> j michaelson wrote:
>
> >hello julian,
> >
> >sian told me that the person at community first who is interested in
> >learning scribus is their Web Development person, Jackie Carey
> >(jackiec at comfirst.org.uk).
> >
> >
> I've met Jackie a couple of times. She's hoping to come to a LUG meeting
> when the weather warms up.
>
> With reagrds to Scribus, I am currently using it to do all our
> datasheets at work (migrating from Coreldraw). In fact, I'm doing it a
> slightly more interesting way. ie I have a Linux server running NX which
> allows remote access to the server with Scribus on it, a bit like VNC on
> steroids. NX is wonderful, it really does run well, ie you can control a
> whole desktop 1024x768 or more, 24 bit colour over an ADSL line really
> well. You can run it on much less ie a ISDN of even dial up to an extent.
>
> This way, i have centralised the application, ie Scribus, and jsut
> install the NX client on user pc's. You have full control then of the
> settings for every user. So far so good.
>
> If I get a minute I 'll get in touch with Jackie re Scribus. I did
> mention to her that there is now a Windows port of Scribus which is
> shaping up well.
>
> Julian
>
> >john michaelson.
> >
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