Re: LyX on Debian or Ubuntu

2006-12-20 Thread Russell Davie
On Tue, 19 Dec 2006 08:20:15 -0500 Richard Kleeman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Russell Davie wrote: > > > > > Not yet. Ubuntu does have various levels, but it means to upgrade to > > something like Deb-unstable and comes with all the cutting edge flakiness > > as a bonus! No thanks, I sort o

Re: LyX on Debian or Ubuntu

2006-12-19 Thread Richard Kleeman
Russell Davie wrote: Not yet. Ubuntu does have various levels, but it means to upgrade to something like Deb-unstable and comes with all the cutting edge flakiness as a bonus! No thanks, I sort out how to do a proper package soon. Russell Well I am using edgy and I see little "flakiness".

Re: LyX on Debian or Ubuntu

2006-12-19 Thread Russell Davie
On Mon, 18 Dec 2006 09:36:14 -0500 "David L. Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 18 Dec 2006 19:02:07 +1100 > Russell Davie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I have used the binaries made by the LyX Deb team when I ran Debian and > > they are 100% reliable. Thanks guys! > > > > Now I

Re: LyX on Debian or Ubuntu

2006-12-18 Thread Declan O'Byrne
There's an Ubuntu derivative called Linuxmint. For some reason it upgraded to Lyx 1.4.3 from 1.4.2 some days before ubuntu itself did. In general this distro appears very solid. Declan

Re: LyX on Debian or Ubuntu

2006-12-18 Thread Sven Hoexter
On Mon, Dec 18, 2006 at 09:36:14AM -0500, David L. Johnson wrote: > I don't know about Ubuntu, but debian-etch comes with LyX 1.4.3 now, so there > is really no need to make your own package. It might also be not a great idea > to distribute it, since that might not be compatible with the officia

Re: LyX on Debian or Ubuntu

2006-12-18 Thread David L. Johnson
On Mon, 18 Dec 2006 19:02:07 +1100 Russell Davie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have used the binaries made by the LyX Deb team when I ran Debian and they > are 100% reliable. Thanks guys! > > Now I am Ubuntu-Dapper which is limited to LyX 1.3.7. To get most recent > (1.4.3) I compiled from s

Re: LyX on Debian or Ubuntu

2006-12-18 Thread Russell Davie
On Sat, 16 Dec 2006 17:47:42 -0600 Bill Wood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, I'm considering switching Linux distributions to Debian or Ubuntu, > and I wanted to know what the community experience was regarding Lyx on > either. In particular, are there any known functional or performance > issue

Re: LyX on Debian or Ubuntu

2006-12-17 Thread Sven Hoexter
On Sun, Dec 17, 2006 at 03:21:44PM +0100, Wolfgang Engelmann wrote: > Am Sonntag, 17. Dezember 2006 01:01 schrieb [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > > Bill Wood wrote: Hi, > > > Hi, I'm considering switching Linux distributions to Debian or Ubuntu, > > > and I wanted to know what the community experience was r

Re: LyX on Debian or Ubuntu

2006-12-17 Thread Wolfgang Engelmann
Am Sonntag, 17. Dezember 2006 01:01 schrieb [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > Bill Wood wrote: > > Hi, I'm considering switching Linux distributions to Debian or Ubuntu, > > and I wanted to know what the community experience was regarding Lyx on > > either. In particular, are there any known functional or perf

Re: LyX on Debian or Ubuntu

2006-12-17 Thread Georg Baum
Am Sonntag, 17. Dezember 2006 00:47 schrieb Bill Wood: > Hi, I'm considering switching Linux distributions to Debian or Ubuntu, > and I wanted to know what the community experience was regarding Lyx on > either. In particular, are there any known functional or performance > issues? I don't know o

Re: LyX on Debian or Ubuntu

2006-12-16 Thread killermike
Kenward Vaughan wrote: On Sun, Dec 17, 2006 at 01:01:37AM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Bill Wood wrote: Hi, I'm considering switching Linux distributions to Debian or Ubuntu, and I wanted to know what the community experience was regarding Lyx on either. In particular, are there an

Re: LyX on Debian or Ubuntu

2006-12-16 Thread Richard Kleeman
I use it on Ubuntu with no problems. The latest release of Ubuntu (edgy) has lyx 1.4.3 as a backport. The packages come essentially from Debian and Sven who keeps a Ubuntu patch on the Debian site. I haven't notied the slow scrolling except when previewe images are enabled. That can slow things

Re: LyX on Debian or Ubuntu

2006-12-16 Thread Kenward Vaughan
On Sun, Dec 17, 2006 at 01:01:37AM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Bill Wood wrote: > > > Hi, I'm considering switching Linux distributions to Debian or Ubuntu, > > and I wanted to know what the community experience was regarding Lyx on > > either. In particular, are there any known functional

Re: LyX on Debian or Ubuntu

2006-12-16 Thread cmiramon
Bill Wood wrote: > Hi, I'm considering switching Linux distributions to Debian or Ubuntu, > and I wanted to know what the community experience was regarding Lyx on > either. In particular, are there any known functional or performance > issues? Also, is there any difficulty staying current? >

LyX on Debian or Ubuntu

2006-12-16 Thread Bill Wood
Hi, I'm considering switching Linux distributions to Debian or Ubuntu, and I wanted to know what the community experience was regarding Lyx on either. In particular, are there any known functional or performance issues? Also, is there any difficulty staying current? Many thanks, -- Bill Wood