Brian C. Huffman wrote:
Donavan Stanley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Minimalist was designed for 720p (1280x720), since you're running at a lower
resolution the fonts get scaled (way) up. Running at 100dpi should help
though.
Hmmm...I didn't know that 720p was a common resolution? Is this for an LCD or
Plasma? Is there a theme that would work better for me? I know that the Blue
theme did *not* look good as the buttons which are supposed to be round were
not.
It's an ATSC format for high-definition TV (see
http://www.hdtvprimer.com/ISSUES/what_is_ATSC.html ). It uses the 16:9
(widescreen) aspect ratio--thus the name for this widescreen theme:
"Minimalist Wide".
Why are you running KDE for a Myth box? Lots of overhead and startup delays
for zero benefit.
What do you use? Jarod's guide suggests KDE mainly due to the fact that Fedora
Core supports it out of the box and I think there were some focus issues with
Gnome. In fact, at one point, I ran with no window manager (just using xinit)
and also had focus issues.
What JDS is saying is that there's no reason to use a "Desktop
Environment" (i.e. KDE /or/ GNOME - see
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desktop_environment ) for a machine that's
not a desktop. Instead, you should use a lightweight "Window Manager"
(such as RatPoison, FluxBox, TWM, etc. - see
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_window_manager). Note, also, that even
desktop environments require window managers. GNOME typically uses
Metacity (used to use Sawfish/Sawmill) and KDE uses one (but I have no
idea which one).
Note also that all of these require a Windowing System--i.e. X Windows
(generally XFree86 or X.org - see
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_Window_System ). So, basically, from the
top down, you'll see:
Desktop Environment
^
|
Window Manager
^
|
Windowing System
When it comes to Myth, the desktop environment on top of the window
manager is adding nothing to a Myth box, so it's wasting
memory/resources. And, since ALL desktop environments (KDE, GNOME, CDE,
etc.) are very heavyweight applications, it wastes a lot of resources.
Unfortunately, many people do not distinguish between these three
applications, and even when they do, you need to understand the
terminology to be able to realize that the distinction is being made...
Mike
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