Sheeply docked at Linux FrameMaker

[Alan T Litchfield]

On 25/05/2010, at 1:56 PM, Hedley Finger wrote:

>
> I was just checking Adobe for updates to FM8 when I discovered that  
> FM7.2 and FM8 are available for Unix (yep, you read that right).  I  
> thought all the Unix versions had been ditched a while ago (overcome  
> by nostalgic tears for FM4 on HP-UX).
>
> Is this just Solaris or Oraclis or whatever, or can it run on  
> Ubuntu?  I have an ancient CD somewhere that has a trial Linux  
> version at FM5.5.6.  So does Linux rule OK or is it just Unix rules  
> KO?
>
> Hedley
>
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Solaris only IIRC. Will not run on Linux of any flavour.

The 5.5.6 FM version had a die-date (can't remember what it was) -  
unless you had access to a binary editor of course. It needed Redhat  
(again IIRC).

Alan
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