Oct. 15th, 2007

In Scribus

Oct. 15th, 2007 09:07 pm
bcholmes: (best pilot evah)

Some days, I realize how little I know about computers. I mean, I'm a good programmer. I think very highly of my programming skills. But when it comes to things like knowing about good free software or just about anything involving hardware, I'm pretty ignorant.

This latest round of "my god, there's a lot of stuff I don't know" is brought on by discovering Scribus, an open source page layout tool. I downloaded it on the weekend, and I've been toying with it. I love the potential, but so far, it's been very slooooooooow. And they tell me why that is: it's a PowerPC build, running on my Intel Mac under Rosetta. So I wonder: why isn't there a Universal build?

So I'm already fishing around trying to understand what it takes to build this from source. I'm sure there are people who are intimately familiar with building stuff like this all the time. But not me. I feel like I have a lot of gaps in my computer knowledge for someone who codes as much as I do.

Profile

bcholmes: (Default)
BC Holmes

February 2025

S M T W T F S
      1
2345678
9101112131415
16171819202122
2324252627 28 

Most Popular Tags

Page Summary

Style Credit

Expand Cut Tags

No cut tags
Powered by Dreamwidth Studios