r/scribus • u/0boy0girl • 11d ago

How proformant is scribus?

I often use word processors for my hobby work but wanted to try out scribus, ik libre office writer can slow down pretty quickly when you start adding styles and pictures, and i know adobe products use a lot of proccessing power, id assume indesign is the same, im have a low end laptop and a mid-low range desktop so its a concern

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u/qiratb 10d ago

I use on i5 3rd gen. No dedicated GPU. Under 250 pages it is great. Above it takes a sec here and there but it works.

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u/0boy0girl 10d ago

Okay cool, cause libre office i had 7 pages and like 2 pictures on my laptop and it was crashing sometimes 😭

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u/qiratb 10d ago

Nah, bro. You might have something going on. Because LOffice works for me flawlessly, even for 400 pages (like 10 images) too. Ask in r/LibreOffice

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u/0boy0girl 10d ago

Its always ran like that for me, especially when i get gradients in the background, mostly on windows but still

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u/rmaiabr 11d ago

I use it a little, but I've never noticed this kind of performance degradation, especially because it's much lighter than the ID. What do you call low and medium-low settings?

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u/0boy0girl 11d ago

I have a i5-12400, a gtx 1070 and 16gb of ram in my desktop

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u/rmaiabr 10d ago

Sua configuração roda isso com os pés nas costas. Eu rodo bem num i7 840m…

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u/silverwoodchuck47 10d ago

I use Scribus on i3-3220, no gpu, 4GB ram, and it works fine.

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u/Distinct_Cupcake_354 8d ago

On my i5, Scribus runs well. On an old backup Celeron, it slows down at around twenty image-heavy pages. For comparison, I found it was similar performance to Publisher, if you've ever used that.

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u/Interesting_Ad_5676 8d ago

Scribus is really low on system requirements. I use it almost daily basis. I have some write-ups over 1000 pages. Runs smoothly on i5 / 16 gb / nvme / no graphic card.