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]>
