new to debian need help with fonts rendering (?)

2009-07-20 Thread thirstyh2o
Hi, folks. I'm coming from Ubuntu crowd where I spent last couple of years. Finally decided:"Why 'Debian based', why not Debian itself". So to be. I've installed Debian 5.0.2 on my Dell Latitude D820 as dual boot to my Ubuntu Jaunty. The laptop has Nvidia video card on it. The resolution and

Re: How do I setup wireless network

2009-07-20 Thread thirstyh2o
On Mon, 20 Jul 2009 06:35:18 +0200, Ogya Chief wrote: > Hi All, > I have installed Debian 5.02 on my laptop with Broadcom wireless network > card but I do not know how to get this card to work. The installation > did not detect the card. Any leads will be appreciated. Regards,Ogya My Dell has Bro

Re: new to debian need help with fonts rendering (?)

2009-07-22 Thread thirstyh2o
On Tue, 21 Jul 2009 07:22:06 +0530, Raj Kiran Grandhi wrote: > The proprietary driver improves performance even for other stuff though > it is more likely to crash, especially during suspend/resume. Installed the proprietary driver but did not have a lot of improvements (if any) with it either.

Re: new to debian need help with fonts rendering (?)

2009-07-22 Thread thirstyh2o
On Wed, 22 Jul 2009 21:36:34 +0200, Giuseppe Marinelli wrote: > This is something I have been coping with since my switch to Linux. I > tried multiple font types (DejaVu, Bitstream, Liberation) and multiple > configurations but I have not managed to get a decent font rendering > yet. > > The pres

Re: How do I setup wireless network

2009-07-22 Thread thirstyh2o
On Thu, 23 Jul 2009 02:56:51 +0200, Ogya Chief wrote: > _ More > than messages–check out the rest of the Windows Live™. > http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowslive/ I wonder why you last 2 post are empty? Is it only me or others

Re: [SOLVED] new to debian need help with fonts rendering (?)

2009-07-22 Thread thirstyh2o
On Mon, 20 Jul 2009 22:46:46 +, thirstyh2o wrote: > font rendering in Ubuntu is way easier on my eyes than in Lenny SOLVED. Since I did it long time ago I totally forgotten that I installed under Ubuntu MS TrueType fonts and configured X to use them. All I needed in Lenny was to inst

Re: How do I setup wireless network

2009-07-22 Thread thirstyh2o
On Wed, 22 Jul 2009 20:57:07 -0700, Robert Holtzman wrote: > On Thu, 23 Jul 2009, thirstyh2o wrote: > >> On Thu, 23 Jul 2009 02:56:51 +0200, Ogya Chief wrote: >> >>> _ More >>> than messages–che