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Before anyone says wouldn't it be great if there was a Linux version, Literature and Latte had one for more than a year. They discontinued it after less than 1

Before anyone says wouldn't it be great if there was a Linux version, Literature and Latte had one for more than a year. They discontinued it after less than 10 licenses sold. Perhaps that was because of the separate code base for each platform which meant in the previous versions the UI and feature set varied. L & L claim the Windows and MacOS versions will have the same UI but the fact version 3.x wasn't released for both are once is enough to tell me the code bases have most likely not converged.

tragic 9y ago
The windows version has worked fine with Wine up to now anyway, so hopefully that won't change in V3.
pseingatl 9y ago
As far as I know, they never sold licenses for the Linux version. It was always in beta. In the forums, people offered to buy licenses--perhaps users of the Linux version bought a Mac or Windows license and told L&L, but I don't remember the Linux version ever being for sale.
- technofiend 9y ago
  Yeah see my other reply: they asked for donations but never received more than half a dozen over two years. I misremembered their selling it for linux. It was free and donation appreciated but not required.
shock 9y ago
> They discontinued it after less than 10 licenses sold. How do you know that? Can you share a link? I don't think Scrivener for Linux was ever sold by Literature and Latte. Lee Powell from Literature and Latte stated in a 2011 comment⁰ in Linux Journal: "We don't have the resources at this time to tweak it into a polished, native-feeling Linux application, and so it will continue to run as free beta software for the foreseeable future, until such time as we are able to give it the extra attention required to move it towards an official, commercial release" The latest Linux version of Scrivener I can find is from October 2015 and is still a BETA – so from 2011—2015 Scrivener for Linux was always in beta and unsupported. The release announcement reads: Version 1.7.2.4 is identical to the current Linux 1.7.2.3 version, but with the beta expiry removed. Version 1.9.0.1 also has no expiry. Both versions remain unsupported. I am asking you again to state your sources, and in the absence of that I'm gonna assume you're talking out of your ass. ⓪ - https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/scrivener-now-linux#comment-368990 https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/scrivener-now-linux#com... ① - https://www.literatureandlatte.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=32709 https://www.literatureandlatte.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=33&...
- technofiend 9y ago
  But it's in your second link! They got less than a half dozen donations in two years. So you're right I misremembered their selling licenses. They asked for donations and got less than six in two years. Regardless the upshot is the same: they stopped development on the Linux version due to (IMHO) perceived lack of interest. I was one of the people who purchased a Windows license as a thank you for the Linux Beta. I actually bought two: one for me and one for an aunt who kept threatening to write a book about her "traumatic" childhood. No one else in the family found it quite so traumatic as her and most of her trauma came from being exactly like her mother. I bought the license for my aunt 50% as a "So shut up and write" prompt and 50% for hopefully therapeutic purposes. Give me your email address and I'll forward you the receipts lest you think I'm talking out my ass about that too. >hannes81 wrote: Thank you very much! I have one question: Where can I donate for this version? Hannes >>Thank you for the kind offer Hannes. I truly appreciate it, but it's on me. We did try a donation option in the Help menu of the previous Linux version, but had less than half-a-dozen donations over almost two years. Some users did however purchase a Windows license in appreciation, but we never pushed or had any expectation in this regard; and still do not... The reply I quoted is signed "Lee" so I am assuming it's the same Lee Powell you quoted.

tragic 9y ago

The windows version has worked fine with Wine up to now anyway, so hopefully that won't change in V3.

pseingatl 9y ago

As far as I know, they never sold licenses for the Linux version. It was always in beta. In the forums, people offered to buy licenses--perhaps users of the Linux version bought a Mac or Windows license and told L&L, but I don't remember the Linux version ever being for sale.

technofiend 9y ago
Yeah see my other reply: they asked for donations but never received more than half a dozen over two years. I misremembered their selling it for linux. It was free and donation appreciated but not required.

shock 9y ago

> They discontinued it after less than 10 licenses sold. How do you know that? Can you share a link? I don't think Scrivener for Linux was ever sold by Literature and Latte. Lee Powell from Literature and Latte stated in a 2011 comment⁰ in Linux Journal: "We don't have the resources at this time to tweak it into a polished, native-feeling Linux application, and so it will continue to run as free beta software for the foreseeable future, until such time as we are able to give it the extra attention required to move it towards an official, commercial release" The latest Linux version of Scrivener I can find is from October 2015 and is still a BETA – so from 2011—2015 Scrivener for Linux was always in beta and unsupported. The release announcement reads: Version 1.7.2.4 is identical to the current Linux 1.7.2.3 version, but with the beta expiry removed. Version 1.9.0.1 also has no expiry. Both versions remain unsupported. I am asking you again to state your sources, and in the absence of that I'm gonna assume you're talking out of your ass. ⓪ - https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/scrivener-now-linux#comment-368990 https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/scrivener-now-linux#com... ① - https://www.literatureandlatte.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=32709 https://www.literatureandlatte.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=33&...

technofiend 9y ago
But it's in your second link! They got less than a half dozen donations in two years. So you're right I misremembered their selling licenses. They asked for donations and got less than six in two years. Regardless the upshot is the same: they stopped development on the Linux version due to (IMHO) perceived lack of interest. I was one of the people who purchased a Windows license as a thank you for the Linux Beta. I actually bought two: one for me and one for an aunt who kept threatening to write a book about her "traumatic" childhood. No one else in the family found it quite so traumatic as her and most of her trauma came from being exactly like her mother. I bought the license for my aunt 50% as a "So shut up and write" prompt and 50% for hopefully therapeutic purposes. Give me your email address and I'll forward you the receipts lest you think I'm talking out my ass about that too. >hannes81 wrote: Thank you very much! I have one question: Where can I donate for this version? Hannes >>Thank you for the kind offer Hannes. I truly appreciate it, but it's on me. We did try a donation option in the Help menu of the previous Linux version, but had less than half-a-dozen donations over almost two years. Some users did however purchase a Windows license in appreciation, but we never pushed or had any expectation in this regard; and still do not... The reply I quoted is signed "Lee" so I am assuming it's the same Lee Powell you quoted.