Re: [DNG] Refracta on Distrowatch

2016-10-25 Thread golinux
On 2016-10-25 08:51, aitor_czr wrote: Hi golinux, On 10/25/2016 02:00 PM, dng-requ...@lists.dyne.org wrote: I have found vertex to be buggy. And it falls over badly on synaptic etc. Hope something better appears before needed for ascii . . . golinux Synaptic has root permissions, did you

Re: [DNG] Refracta on Distrowatch

2016-10-25 Thread aitor_czr
Hi golinux, On 10/25/2016 02:00 PM, dng-requ...@lists.dyne.org wrote: I have found vertex to be buggy. And it falls over badly on synaptic etc. Hope something better appears before needed for ascii . . . golinux Synaptic has root permissions, did you copy your .config file into the /root

Re: [DNG] Refracta on Distrowatch

2016-10-24 Thread Go Linux
On Mon, 10/24/16, aitor_czr <aitor_...@gnuinos.org> wrote: Subject: Re: [DNG] Refracta on Distrowatch To: dng@lists.dyne.org, "Adam Borowski" <kilob...@angband.pl> Date: Monday, October 24, 2016, 12:48 PM [cut] > > But one thing is true: there are not many go

Re: [DNG] Refracta on Distrowatch

2016-10-24 Thread aitor_czr
Hi Adam, On 24/10/16 14:00, Adam Borowski wrote: On Sun, Oct 23, 2016 at 05:02:25PM +0200, aitor_czr wrote: >On 10/21/2016 02:00 PM, Robert Storey wrote: > >Sorry, you're right, I misread your comment. Just goes to show why I could > >benefit

Re: [DNG] Refracta on Distrowatch

2016-10-23 Thread Adam Borowski
On Sun, Oct 23, 2016 at 05:02:25PM +0200, aitor_czr wrote: > On 10/21/2016 02:00 PM, Robert Storey wrote: > >Sorry, you're right, I misread your comment. Just goes to show why I could > >benefit from Clearlooks. Anyway, sorry to hear that gtk3 is messing things > >up for

Re: [DNG] Refracta on Distrowatch

2016-10-23 Thread aitor_czr
Hi Robert, On 10/21/2016 02:00 PM, Robert Storey wrote: Sorry, you're right, I misread your comment. Just goes to show why I could benefit from Clearlooks. Anyway, sorry to hear that gtk3 is messing things up for developers, though I shouldn't be surprised. I think

Re: [DNG] Refracta on Distrowatch

2016-10-19 Thread Adam Borowski
On Wed, Oct 19, 2016 at 02:36:14PM +0100, Simon Hobson wrote: > Robert Storey wrote: > > > I can't remember the last time I saw an actual CD drive (as opposed to a > > DVD drive). OK, I guess you can still find CD music players, but on > > computers, CD-only drives are

Re: [DNG] Refracta on Distrowatch

2016-10-19 Thread fsmithred
On 10/19/2016 09:10 AM, Robert Storey wrote: > > I'm of the opinion that trying to squeeze everything onto a CD is kind of a > dated concept. I can't remember the last time I saw an actual CD drive (as > opposed to a DVD drive). You can still get blank CD media. That said, I'm ready to drop

Re: [DNG] Refracta on Distrowatch

2016-10-19 Thread Go Linux
On Wed, 10/19/16, Robert Storey <robert.sto...@gmail.com> wrote: Subject: Re: [DNG] Refracta on Distrowatch To: dng@lists.dyne.org Date: Wednesday, October 19, 2016, 8:10 AM > > Hi all, > > I think this idea of having a Clearlooks option is fine. It would be a nice

Re: [DNG] Refracta on Distrowatch

2016-10-19 Thread Simon Hobson
Robert Storey wrote: > I can't remember the last time I saw an actual CD drive (as opposed to a DVD > drive). OK, I guess you can still find CD music players, but on computers, > CD-only drives are a blast from the past. I think they'll soon be to the youngsters, what

Re: [DNG] Refracta on Distrowatch

2016-10-19 Thread Robert Storey
Hi all, I think this idea of having a Clearlooks option is fine. It would be a nice feature to boast about for the next release (version 8.1?). > Only problem I see with that is that refracta is pared down to fit on a cd so there might not be room to do it that way. I'm of the opinion that

Re: [DNG] Refracta on Distrowatch

2016-10-18 Thread Go Linux
On Tue, 10/18/16, Steve Litt <sl...@troubleshooters.com> wrote: Subject: Re: [DNG] Refracta on Distrowatch To: dng@lists.dyne.org Date: Tuesday, October 18, 2016, 12:40 PM On Tue, 18 Oct 2016 14:30:52 + (UTC) Go Linux <goli...@yahoo.com> wrote: >> >> Here's a su

Re: [DNG] Refracta on Distrowatch

2016-10-18 Thread Steve Litt
On Tue, 18 Oct 2016 14:30:52 + (UTC) Go Linux wrote: > > Here's a suggestion . . . > > Why don't you roll your own low vision-friendly Refracta! That ain't a half bad idea! > That would > be so easy to do with refractasnapshot I'll need guidance with

Re: [DNG] Refracta on Distrowatch

2016-10-18 Thread Go Linux
On Mon, 10/17/16, Steve Litt <sl...@troubleshooters.com> wrote: Subject: Re: [DNG] Refracta on Distrowatch To: dng@lists.dyne.org Date: Monday, October 17, 2016, 7:14 PM > > A COUPLE OTHER REFRACTA SUGGESTIONS > > The Re

Re: [DNG] Refracta on Distrowatch

2016-10-18 Thread Edward Bartolo
Hi, One thing to suggest is to remember, that there are unfortunate beings, who do not enjoy a normal eye vision, for whom, a fully configurable font rendering is a *must*. It can be the best of existing OSs, if it hurts a user's eyes, they have no other option, other than, to discontinue using

Re: [DNG] Refracta on Distrowatch

2016-10-17 Thread fsmithred
On 10/17/2016 08:14 PM, Steve Litt wrote: > On Mon, 17 Oct 2016 13:49:34 + (UTC) > Go Linux wrote: > >> FYI . . . Refracta 8.0 gets a nice review on Distrowatch >> >> http://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20161017#refracta >> ... > About finding which of the 18

Re: [DNG] Refracta on Distrowatch

2016-10-17 Thread Steve Litt
On Mon, 17 Oct 2016 13:49:34 + (UTC) Go Linux wrote: > FYI . . . Refracta 8.0 gets a nice review on Distrowatch > > http://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20161017#refracta > > Way to go fsmithred! > > golinux OK, NOW we're getting somewhere! Robert Storey, the

Re: [DNG] Refracta on Distrowatch

2016-10-17 Thread Ozi Traveller
+! an epic write up, well done fsr!! :) Ozi On Tue, Oct 18, 2016 at 3:21 AM, Clarke Sideroad wrote: > On 10/17/2016 09:49 AM, Go Linux wrote: > >> FYI . . . Refracta 8.0 gets a nice review on Distrowatch >> >> http://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20161017#refracta

Re: [DNG] Refracta on Distrowatch

2016-10-17 Thread fsmithred
On 10/17/2016 12:21 PM, Clarke Sideroad wrote: > On 10/17/2016 09:49 AM, Go Linux wrote: >> FYI . . . Refracta 8.0 gets a nice review on Distrowatch >> >> http://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20161017#refracta >> >> Way to go fsmithred! > > +1 to the above. > > It looks like it is trending

Re: [DNG] Refracta on Distrowatch

2016-10-17 Thread Clarke Sideroad
On 10/17/2016 09:49 AM, Go Linux wrote: FYI . . . Refracta 8.0 gets a nice review on Distrowatch http://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20161017#refracta Way to go fsmithred! +1 to the above. It looks like it is trending very well over there too. A lot more detailed and accurate than the

Re: [DNG] Refracta on Distrowatch

2016-10-17 Thread aitor_czr
Hi, On 10/17/2016 05:25 PM, Go Linux wrote: FYI . . . Refracta 8.0 gets a nice review on Distrowatch http://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20161017#refracta Way to go fsmithred! golinux GoLinux, there is section dedicated to the clock in the article of Distrowatch