Re: Considering switch to linux

On Sat, 31 Dec 2005 07:19:48 +0000, Garry Freemyer wrote:

> 1. I see that some programs for KDE on my system work under the Gnome
> GUI as well. I saw this with my own eyes, the KDE based browser
> Konkeror(sp) worked under Gnome and appeared in the menu without my
> having to put it there.

Well of course. Who argued this point? This is not an earth-shattering
discovery you've made here.

> 2. Font files under Ubuntu, Slackware, Fedora Core 4, appear under links
> named X11.

"Appear under links named X11"? WTF does that mean? Do you mean they are
contained in the /etc/X11 directory structure? You're not making sense.

> 3. These same fonts are referenced in /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Of course they are. This also is not news to anybody.

> Xorg is not KDE, but is a software used by both KDE and Gnome. When I
> make a change to xorg.conf, such as when I entered the horizontal and
> vertical sync rates for my monitor and entered the valid resolutions for
> my Samsung 213T monitor, this effected both the display properties of
> KDE and Gnome. The NVIDIA settings I out into Xorg.conf effected the
> graphics performance of screensavers in both GUI's.

No ***. This is where your cluelessness really starts showing. Do some
reading on what Xorg is, and what KDE and Gnome are.

> Therefore, fonts, display drivers and other specifications in xorg.conf
> are used by BOTH gui's.

Of course they are. Again, who was arguing this point?

> I do agree with your sentiment about not wanting to pass on bad advice,

So why do you keep doing it?

> I have done that at times and have even replied to my own posts warning
> folks away from following my advice when I had found a far easier way
> moments later.

And you don't learn anything from this? Perhaps you shouldn't be so quick
to post to Usenet...

> My mistake was that I trusted that there would be those where who would
> be mature enough to say, no sorry, it don't work, and leave out the
> belittlement part.

Welcome to Usenet.

For your next lesson, see if you can figure out why only idiots
"top-post", which is what you do. Also it would be nice if you could stop
using Outhouse Excuse on Windoze, while "giving out advice" in a Linux
newsgroup. You don't give yourself much credibility by doing that.

And so you won't think I'm being mean, the two most popular Linux
newsreader programs are Pan (usually by Gnome users) and Knode (for KDE
users). See if you can get one of them going.

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