Star Two Days Without Mac OS X Leopard: Ubuntu 8.10 Review
Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sun 16th Nov 2008 15:02 UTC, submitted by Moulinneuf
Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Xubuntu One of those traditional "I'm a user of abc, trying out xyz" articles. This time, a Mac user tries Ubuntu 8.10, and concludes: "Linux has come a long way, but it's not totally ready for the mom and pop folks, in my opinion. In the two days of testing, with two occasions it refused to load the graphic drivers and I could not enjoy Compiz. I found a tutorial which taught me how to modify xorg.conf to load XGL (I suspect that messing with the resolution of the second screen might have overwritten the xorg.conf file). Even so, I'd say Ubuntu 8.10 is a fantastic operating system. I guess it may take a while to tweak an Ubuntu installation to perfection, especially for more demanding users. I will recommend Ubuntu to everyone who can't afford a Mac, are not into heavy media content creation or hard-core gaming."
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RE[5]: Fair
by Vanders on Sun 16th Nov 2008 21:50 UTC in reply to "RE[4]: Fair"
Vanders
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2005-07-06

Missing your point here. Windows (for example) handles two monitors at different resolutions and different positions/alignment, just fine.

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RE[6]: Fair
by Dryhte on Mon 17th Nov 2008 07:22 in reply to "RE[5]: Fair"
Dryhte Member since:
2008-02-05

I think you're missing the point here, Vanders...

Porcel wanted to display the same content twice on different resolutions. I don't thing Windows can handle that either.

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RE[7]: Fair
by porcel on Mon 17th Nov 2008 17:15 in reply to "RE[6]: Fair"
porcel Member since:
2006-01-28

Of course, it can. That´s precisely the point.

I have been using Windows since 1999, but this laptop came preloaded with Windows. The windows xp partition that I left on it is capable of rendering the internal laptop screen at 1024x600 and the external at the correct resolution (1680x1050) and all the content is scaled appropriately.

Right now the only way it works in Linux is to have both screens at 800x600, which is far from optimal. Maybe this will be fixed in future versions of kde and xorg, but stop making excuses.

It´s a shame becasue kde 4.1 has been a joy to use and I wanted to be able to use it during presentations, but so far no dice.

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