tjward wrote:The hardest part of switching to Linux was simply deciding to do it.

I'm working only on Linux for 10 years and I never want to go back to other OS, and it's true, the more difficult is to jump into the void!
Tue Aug 18, 2015 3:51 am Post
Monolecte wrote:tjward wrote:The hardest part of switching to Linux was simply deciding to do it.
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I'm working only on Linux for 10 years and I never want to go back to other OS, and it's true, the more difficult is to jump into the void!
Tue Aug 18, 2015 4:19 pm Post
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Sun Aug 23, 2015 12:25 pm Post
happydemic wrote:But first I'd like to hear something from the developers. For all I know L&L may have already decided to abandon Linux. Before I spend time listing bugs, I'd like to know someone at L&L is reading this.
Sun Aug 23, 2015 7:30 pm Post
pigfender wrote:They've not "abandoned" Linux... they've never actively developed for it. The Linux version is unofficial, provided by the team out of the kindness of their hearts.
Sun Aug 23, 2015 11:53 pm Post
Graybyrd wrote:pigfender wrote:They've not "abandoned" Linux... they've never actively developed for it. The Linux version is unofficial, provided by the team out of the kindness of their hearts.
Thus this version doesn't "officially" exist, therefore any expiration date is inconsequential as we've no meaningful expectation of the present non-existential version's presence? "Poof" it's gone? Therefore, what's all the fuss about? It's not here, it don't exist, it's a mere shade ... thanks to the kindness of their hearts, it's a birthday gift that vanishes once the cheering stops?
Graybyrd wrote:Most Linux advocates here have been quite patient, understanding the development pressures of market goals on a limited team. But to depend heavily on a Linux beta that can go "poof" on the first day of the new year is not a comforting thought ... given the total absence of any comment or assurance for lo, these many, many months now.
Best I remove the Linux version from my systems while time remains to grieve, and confine my writing to my old time-worn Mac OS "Tiger" system which was never so lacking as to require additional thousands of dollars of replacement costs to remain on the Apple treadmill.
Mon Aug 24, 2015 3:23 pm Post
pigfender wrote:
They've not "abandoned" Linux... they've never actively developed for it. The Linux version is unofficial, provided by the team out of the kindness of their hearts.
Well, actually... yes. They're being very nice. They've offered much more than an inch, but if people start demanding that proverbial yard, they may well stop. I know I would. But as I noted, the good folks at LitNLat seem to be much nicer people than me.
That's cutting your nose off to spite your face. The worst case scenario if LitNLat do decide to stop providing the Linux beta is you have to move to running a paid for Windows licence under WINE.
But as I noted, the good folks at LitNLat seem to be much nicer people than me.
Mon Aug 24, 2015 5:34 pm Post
KB wrote:Hi all,
First, my sincere apologies that everyone is coming up against the beta expiry. I've contacted Lee to see what's going on and I really hope we can have another beta out by the end of the day - anything else is clearly a massive failure on our part.
We really want to support the Linux community better in the future and are looking at alternatives to having expiring betas, but clearly it should not have come so down to the last minute with releasing an updated beta on this occasion.
Again, my sincere apologies and rest assured that I'm trying to ensure that another beta will be out ASAP.
All the best,
Keith
Therein lies the difference in our opinions. I don' know how LitNLat view you, but I don't consider you a user of supported / paid software. You can stop giving things away for free whenever you like, and people shouldn't judge you if you choose to do so.ubersoft wrote:Hanging users out to dry isn't nice. Even if it's only a very small percentage of them.
Tue Aug 25, 2015 6:21 am Post
I don' know how LitNLat view you, but I don't consider you a user of supported / paid software.
Tue Aug 25, 2015 6:49 am Post
ubersoft wrote:
What you consider me is largely irrelevant. I am actually two people in L&L's eyes -- one of me is the user of the free version of Scrivener for Linux. The other bought the full version of the Windows software.
Tue Aug 25, 2015 1:41 pm Post
Jaysen wrote:It's almost like talking to me, isn't it?pigfender wrote:<sigh>
Tue Aug 25, 2015 2:31 pm Post
vic-k wrote:Jaysen wrote:It's almost like talking to me, isn't it?pigfender wrote:<sigh>
I thought piggy was on record as saying, talking to you was like communing with nature.http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.p ... 0Nature%20
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