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LTS Updates
I'm an Ubuntu user and have been since version 9.04. I prefer to stick with LTS support versions. However, the thing that annoys me the most is that the software center for the long term support versions generally doesn't keep up with software updates for programs like GIMP, Audacity, Digikam, Libre Office, etc. Often these are very important updates that we shouldn't have to wait for three years. Sometimes there are other places to get the updates and we have to find and add a PPA to get them because Canonical doesn't add to the software center. Is there any way to convince the powers in charge to keep these programs updated in the LTS versions? For example, Audacity is now in general release for version 2.1.0. The software center is still on version 2.0.5. Digikam is currently in release for version 4.9 whereas the software center is still at version 3.5.
Jerry Reed
EPUB Fonts
A quick thing I wish to draw your attention to—I have noticed that the ePub version of the magazine has a technical problem of some kind that disables font resizing on a mobile phone. I normally use fbreader on Android for reading epub docs, so at first I thought that it was due to an fbreader application bug. I managed to confirm the font size issue with two other Android ePub readers, which kind of rules out fbreader being at fault.
Jan Henkins
Brian says: Regarding the ePubs themselves, they do not have the font size locked.
As you probably know, zoom does not work on images or text in ePubs on most devices. The only way to get a zoom effect with text is to change the font size.
On Android phones, this feature sometimes stops working in a variety of apps including ePub readers. The only way that I know of that will usually get it working again is to switch the phone off and then on again.
More LaTeX
I would like to thank you for taking my suggestion of referencing TexStudio. Indeed, it has some cool features, and I think many readers will agree with that.
Regarding the suggestion of ShareLatex, I would like to suggest two more things, I hope you like them:
• As you mentioned, ShareLatex has very limited features for free accounts. However, you have the possibility to have the equivalent to a professional plan by inviting other people. Take a look at this link: https://www.sharelatex.com/user/bonus
• When it comes to collaboration in latex, I just use ShareLatex, but some colleagues of mine use Overleaf (https://www.overleaf.com/) which seems to be even more complete than ShareLatex. Maybe it would also be useful to mention it to the readers.
Tiago Azevedo
John says: Thank you for your letter. The LaTeX online services offerings are worthy of a complete article on their own. I plan to write an article about them soon after I get a chance to explore them. Or if someone else beats me to it, that is good too.
I cannot think of a better endorsement of LaTeX than the academic institutions that have purchased LaTeX online services. Is there something going on out there that we do not know about? Cannot deny the importance of the improved ability of scholars to collaborate with the online LaTeX services.
Speaking of that, another new LaTeX online service is Simple LaTeX: http://www.simplelatex.com. It is made so that we can send snippets of LaTeX to each other via email. It's not a bad place to test some LaTeX code.
While we’re on the subject of LaTeX, sometimes there is a problem with the TexStudio icons. If the icons do not appear in your TexStudio menu bar, this will fix the problem:
sudo apt-get install libqt4-svg