Scribus is available for all distributions of Linux. So for now, use 1.4, which is stable, and available for various operating systems. Once 1.5 has reached the point of being considered stable, it will be called 1.6, and that will become the official stable release. Somewhere ahead of this is a developmental version, version 1.5, which is not recommended for routine professional use, although it is available, and can coexist with 1.4 on your system. Free software typically has a numerical system which it uses in the software development process.Īt the time of the writing of this book, the current official stable release is version 1.4. Versioningīefore installing Scribus, it's useful to understand its versioning system. Is the site where you will find links to all the packages as well as information on some installation procedures. Since this book has as its main purpose showing some best practices when using Scribus, the authors consciously chose to place the installation here in the appendix. Why wait to talk about installation until the end of the book? Installation is certain a requirement prior to your first steps in learning the software, but it's not part of the usage of the software itself.

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