Re: [PLUG] Ubuntu edgy

2007-03-22 Thread श्रीधर नारायण दैठणकर
On Friday 23 March 2007 08:09, Ranjit Bhonsle wrote: > Most install related sites/blogs suggest msttcorefonts package. I set arial > for > most things. Ubuntu looks quite sharp after you make this change. > Ranjit. Actually I would suggest not using them. Linux install includes Deja vu and Bitstr

Re: [PLUG] Ubuntu edgy

2007-03-22 Thread Ranjit Bhonsle
It may perhaps be due to the default fonts in Firefox on Linux - that's what I tend to use most at home. There are various other applications that somehow do not use the right fonts. Bad font defaults and limited choice have been two of my biggest gripes with Linux. This certainly puts a begi

Re: Fwd: [PLUG] Ubuntu edgy

2007-03-22 Thread Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Nishit Dave wrote: Another irritating aspect was the way sub-levels of the > start menu take up the whole screen, and fonts need to be tweaked in all > distros except Ubuntu to keep eyes from watering. Hinting settings ? :Sankarshan - -- You see t

[PLUG] Re: {PLUG] Ubuntu edgy

2007-03-22 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Re: [PLUG] Ubuntu edgy

2007-03-21 Thread Sriram Narayanan
On 3/21/07, Ranjit Bhonsle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > It's called distro fatigue. There comes a point in time when people start > to look beyond bragging rights about successful install and driver > insertion, and want to get some work done. Ya, I guess people work with computers. I us

[PLUG] Ubuntu edgy

2007-03-21 Thread Nishit Dave
On 3/21/07, Rahul Sundaram <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Do you find the default fonts in Fedora to be problematic? I doubt that that's the case since both these distributions default to the same font family. It may perhaps be due to the default fonts in Firefox on Linux - that's what I tend to

Re: Fwd: [PLUG] Ubuntu edgy

2007-03-21 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Nishit Dave wrote: Another irritating aspect was the way sub-levels of the start menu take up the whole screen, and fonts need to be tweaked in all distros except Ubuntu to keep eyes from watering. Do you find the default fonts in Fedora to be problematic? I doubt that that's the case since b

Re: [PLUG] Ubuntu edgy

2007-03-21 Thread Ranjit Bhonsle
It's called distro fatigue. There comes a point in time when people start to look beyond bragging rights about successful install and driver insertion, and want to get some work done. Ya, I guess people work with computers. I use it mostly for information gathering, computing my taxes and

Fwd: [PLUG] Ubuntu edgy

2007-03-20 Thread Nishit Dave
From: Nishit Dave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Mar 19, 2007 12:04 PM On 3/19/07, Ranjit Bhonsle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello to all, In recent times I don't see any talk about distros. Nobody posts any install experiences. I have been unable to install Ubuntu edgy for some time. The prob

[PLUG] Ubuntu edgy

2007-03-18 Thread Ranjit Bhonsle
Hello to all, In recent times I don't see any talk about distros. Nobody posts any install experiences. Let it be. I have been unable to install Ubuntu edgy for some time. The problem arises due to PCI graphics being not properly configured in Ubuntu. Dapper had same problem but it used to a