Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Fri 11th Nov 2005 19:43 UTC
"As you already know, if I have to sit down in front of a computer, I want it to be running the Gnome desktop on Linux. I've watched it mature from a downright ugly, needlessly complex playground for geeks, to an attractive, simple interface that holds its own against commercial alternatives. And yet, every day I still encounter rough edges that make me think there aren't nearly enough folks out there hacking away at this stuff. I'd like to watch." Read more at PCWorld. Warning: While some of the author's gripes can be fixed by installing third party applications or plugins, or by tweaking Alsa etc, the point remains that his default distribution and/or Gnome did not come with these conveniences by default. Most people don't like tweaking stuff, they want things that "just work".
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RE[2]: He is definitely helping by complaining.
by jjmckay on Fri 11th Nov 2005 20:13
in reply to "RE: He is definitely helping by complaining."
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I don't understand this, it should be as easy as Preferences -> Screen Resolution. If this doesn't allow you to set the possible values, then your monitor type was not properly detected. But most distributions should ask for a specific model or frequencies in that case during installation.