On Thursday 26 June 2008 09:44:45 Ned Abell wrote: > On 25 Jun, Tim Powys-Lybbe <tim@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > In message of 25 Jun, Roger Foden <roger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Is anyone using OvPro via VRPC on a Mac? > > > > Yes. Works OK but not given it a real thrash; that will > > have to wait until I get a bit nearer to a total migration > > to Mac which will then run all of Mac, Risc OS, Ubuntu and, > > if all else fails, Windows. But this will need a much > > beefier machine than my present Mini. > > This thread seems to have wandered off topic from my original > posting. The main reason I started it was to see if a _native_ > Linux version was now more feasable. I would also like to see a native Linux version of OP, possibly using the QT3/4 toolkits. > Scribus and Passepartout are the main free competition. Theres > PageStream which was developed from an Atari program and is > commercial. I have tried using Scribus, but have hard to use and extremely slow at updating the screen compared to Ovation Pro under Wine. > However David seems not to have tried his Linux box which in > my view is a pity as my experience of part-migrating to Ubuntu > Linux has been very positive. I have now completely moved over to Kubuntu, there are no Windows or RISC OS machines running in this household. To unsubscribe or subscribe goto: //www.freelists.org/list/davidpilling