Happy Sunday, everybody!
On Sat, Jul 21, 2007 at 02:01:07PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> On Saturday 21 July 2007 13:17:59 Alan Mackenzie wrote:
[ .... ]
> > Oh, yes and there's
> > (iv) TFT monitors: with a coarser resolution that CRTs, and so
> > unresponsive that you actually see visible mouse trails as you move
> > the mouse and colour fringes as your text scrolls.
> You must have good eye sight.
Sadly, not for much longer. :-(
> I much prefer the TFT/LCD to the CRT. I have an astigmatism and CRT
> monitors are very hard on my eyes. Text is nearly impossible for me to
> read. A TFT/LCD monitor makes it much easier for me to see what is on
> the screen. I also use plain, clean, block fonts like a Sans (DejaVu
> Sans when using Linux and Verdana when I have to use a Windows box)
> rather then a Serif.
Ah. I find TFT/LCD thingies too awkward. A CRT just is, and I can read
it easily. It is good that both types of screen are available. I do
most of my work on Linux console screens ("frame buffer"), where the font
is optimal, easily read, and the screen free of extraneous clutter. When
I have to use MS-Windows, I prefer by far Verdana as a font. It's one of
the best things every developed for MS. I detest Arial. Try doing a bit
of C coding about legal things, and writing "if (Legal||Illegal)" and
you'll see why.
[ .... ]
> > OK. It[PcLinux]'s downloading as I write. I'm sceptical, but I'm
> > keeping an open mind.
> I hope it works for you.
It's also impressive. It configured my network easily, the kernel was
set up to access a USB-stick at /dev/sda1. It set up my monitor at 1024
x 768 (acceptable, though I prefer 1280 x 1024), but still at a horrible
60 Hz. :-( That resolution and scan rate were the maximum available.
I didn't really like the KDE setup - it was too cluttered and finicky for
my taste. I preferred the Ubuntu Gnome (or, better, the cleanly
functional Gnome setup on Debian Sarge).
But there was a notable security issue here: the file browser felt
entitled to mount arbitray partitions, even though I was logged in as an
ordinary user. (The same thing also happened on Ubuntu.). I don't think
this should happen.
Another thing I like was that at shutdown it asked me to "remove the
medium from the CD drive" (not "media"). :-)
I started the installation, but stopped when it spuriously asked me for
confirmation for reformatting partitions, even though I hadn't selected
any. At least, I don't think I had, and I wasn't going to risk anything.
Maybe I should have tried to see if they (Ubuntu and PcLinux) would
manage to configure my printer.
--
Alan Mackenzie (Ittersbach, Germany).
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