On Sun, Feb 19, 2012 at 2:12 AM, Steve Litt <sl...@troubleshooters.com> wrote: >> I'm working on creating the "perfect" step-by-step procedure for >> setting up a Linux workstation for scientific writing, based on LyX > It would be nice if you could use *bold* for each of the apps included in that page. This should improve the readability of the article.
> 1) I'd recommend Ubuntu over Debian for two reasons: A) Ubuntu is > easier to get working with random hardware, and B) Ubuntu is likely to > have a newer LyX. On the other hand, Debian's more likely to have a > *working* LyX :-) > This is hopefully changing. Now we have a PPA containing up-to-date releases of LyX. [1] I will announce it on the list shortly. (The PPA is still considered 'experimental' until more people test it and provide positive feedback. Please do backups.) Liviu [1] https://launchpad.net/~lyx-devel/+archive/release