On Mon, 2005-05-30 at 08:10 +1200, Deane Foreman wrote:
> Gnome 2.10.? (I think)  It looked ok, still a little blurry.  The seem 
> to be a little "thicker" than in windows, in the Linux distros I have 
> seen on my machine so far.  Perhaps Nvidia drivers are optimised for ms 
> windows and are not very good in Linux?

Not correct, nvidia have excellent linux support (for a non open source
company)

> 
> Hard drives?  Yes, I looked in >Places - Computer< on Gnome (there is an 
> icon for Floppy, CD ROM, File System, Network Places - but no hard 
> drives) and everywhere else on the deskop.  I also looked in the manual 
> and did a lot of searching on Google using a lot of different words, 
> looked on Linux newbie sites etc...before posting to the list. 
> 
> It seems my question is too basic - or perhaps I am too rooted in the 
> concept of a gui which has my hard drives a couple of clicks away from 
> the desktop like in KDE or in windows.  I suspect the most likely thing 
> is that I am missing something very basic.
> 
> I installed Ubuntu 5.04 over Suse.  Gnome again, a little clearer than 
> Suse but still unsatisfactory for more than a quick session, although 
> with Ubuntu it is a lot easier to change screen frequencies - I tried 
> every option from the lowest to the highest with little noticeable 
> effect on the appearance.  My monitor is rated to 85Hz on 1024x768.  
> Perhaps my old video card is just not up to the job?
> 
> Deane
> 
> Richard Tindall wrote:
> 
> > Deane Foreman wrote:
> >
> >> Where do I find my hard drives on the GUI ??
> >
> >
> > Top taskbar - Places - Computer
> >
> > Glad you made it.
> >
> > How's it looking?  Which GNOME (2.?.?)
> >
> > Cheers, Rik
> >
-- 
Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

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