To add to that list, it’ll run on slackware 13.1 out of the box, but 12.2 (my laptop) requires updating glibc and a few other things. (Really easier to just update to slackware 13.1)
A side note on compatibility:
A converted .scriv package from Mac Scriv 1.0 to 2.0 has a pretty good chance of working on Linux Scriv.
A brand new .scriv from Mac Scriv 2.0 has always worked for me.
Thus, the NaNoWriMo template from Mac Scriv 2.0 for NaNoWriMo will work on Linux Scriv 1.0beta.
The special NaNoWriMo Template from Mac Scriv 2.0: NaNo_Temp.tar.gz (209 KB)
Note: Some features probably don’t work that also don’t work on Win version
SLACKWARE! 
Wot the ells slackware? Is it what neckbeards wear? Or does it mean scantily clad 
Things are beginning to look a bit odd aboard Scrivener, these days.
For those of you who are not familiar with vic-k, let me apologize for us mac types for not minding him better. A quick perusal of his posts should explain all.
Vic-k, slackware is the Linux variant of choice for those neckbeards who really like to know how their system is built. When I last used it I referred to it as “un-slacker-ware”. It is easier to manage these days but does not have the endure refinements built in like ubunto.
That said, just go get another Jameson bottle off the shelf and go back to sleep.
I’ve tried to copy the Scrivener files to /usr/local/LiteraturAndLatte/ as indicated by Lee with no avail. I get a message saying I don’t have permission to do create a folder.
1 - What can I do to bypass this problem?
2 - How do I run Scrivener?
I’m using Ubuntu’s latest version for desktop.
Many thanks.
Jeco
I’ve tried to copy the Scrivener files to /usr/local/LiteraturAndLatte/ as indicated by Lee with no avail. I get a message saying I don’t have permission to do create a folder.
1 - What can I do to bypass this problem?
2 - How do I run Scrivener?
I’m using Ubuntu’s latest version for desktop.
Many thanks.
Jeco
I know you people are having fun and all, but I think it would be very beneficial if someone could compile a list of Linux flavours that run Scrivener out of box, Scrivener with tweaking, and Not run Scrivener at all.
Seems like you guys have tested it on lots of different Linux distros. Compiling the information could go a long way in bug fixing and development progress, while making it easier for new users to determine if their system can support Scrivener.
I’m also interested myself, as a budding user deciding to get a MBP and use Ubuntu in VM with OS X, since Ubuntu+WINE (or WINE loaded into OS X) gives me full means of utilising software from all three major/core OS currently on the market.
Also, Linux = cool. 'Nuff said. 
You need to do it as superuser or a user with sudo privs. in /etc/sudoers add yourself to the sudoers group. That way you can open up a console, type sudo mkdir /usr/local/LiteraturAndLatte (or whatever you wish), and the directory would be created. Then unzip it (as root or sudo). On the first or second page, there’s a way to run it against the libraries compiled for it. (It’s a rather lengthy command line) There are also steps to be taken, if you’d want to add it to your menu system. (It’s completely different for you than for me. I don’t even have Gnome installed.)
Good luck!
Heh, thanks for the translation!
I use it because I have to customize so much on my desktop for music that it’s easier if I use a distro that I don’t have to uninstall half of it to get it working the way I need. (For instance, the first thing I do is compile a low-latency kernel because half the audio processing stuff I do needs it.)
I loved slackware until I decided I was too old to care about that level of tech anymore (wife, kids, job, too many late nights at work). It was a great dist because you had to really learn how things worked. But then you had to learn. Hence the popularity of Ubunto in the greater population and Mac in the tech world.
But I digress. The real question is how long will vic-k last trying to read this thread?
Ahh yes, trolls. Been there, done that. 
On a more relevant note, Slackware sounds fun.
Well for some version of “fun.” 
I don’t know if I’d recommend it as a first distro, but then again it’s way eaiser to use now than when I first started with Debian back in 1999. THAT was a royal pain in the keester, especially when you had to use floppies. (16 of them.)
I actually have an Ubuntu partition installed, just that I haven’t booted into it regularly as of late. Used to in the past, but the lack of a functioning fan in my netbook meant I needed a means to observe the temperature in case it got too hot.
After trying many times to get ALSA to work on my installation, I’ve gotten a little better in terms of understanding Linux and Terminal terminology (whoo alliteration!). Still have a long way to go in getting all the basics down, but I’m very prepared to migrate to the UNIX platform of OS X and still be capable of utilising the Terminal to my advantage.
I like Ubuntu, and really look forward to trying other distros if possible since running a VM frees me the constraints of disk partitioning and other things that make setting up an operating system less than seamless when you already have a few partitions on the disk.
Tinkering with technology can be very fun, since crashing it is part of the process, and the very good feeling coming out of a problem with a solution. 
No one is trolling. vic-k is a great guy and we (vic-k and I) like to have a little fun at the others expense. My comments were certainly not trolling. If you find offense in something either of of have said it was not intended. ]
My fist distro was slackware back in '95. I ran an ISP from my den using a 368xs25 for RAS (equinox SST modem pool) and a 486dx2 for services. It was a trip and a half. But man things were tough back then. I remember our first attempts at getting radius working in the RS pppd and busting CHAP and PAP to make MS win95 ppp dialer work properly. Those were the days of 36 hour code fests.
I have to tell you, I really don’t miss it. It was a ball, but… Maybe someday I will get that involved again.
If you want “fun” I recommend gentoo from the ground up. No starters or any cheats like that. I want to see step 1 being: “fine tune and compile the boot loader; try booting with it”.
I have a real neckbeard on my team that HAS A PICTURE of him setting the boot loader on a switch panel. As in set the byte in binary by toggling the switches then push the read button. His choice of OS, Mead.
Here’s another little trick I found: If you want to make the wine version look better, download corefonts.
I bet he plays nethack, too, eh?
I’ve noticed that the Linux-compiled version doesn’t seem to have a working spellcheck function. Has anyone else noticed this?
Mine works…did yours get turned off by accident? I’ve been using the windows version under wine a bit more recently because I’ve got some research imported as jpegs and pdfs.