Re: Considering switch to linux


"kevin" <pauluskevin@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:pan.2005.12.31.13.33.23.882710@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> On Sat, 31 Dec 2005 01:13:28 +0000, Garry Freemyer wrote:
>
>>
>> "Joe727" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:CIbtf.70788$6e.40780@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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>> I have heard of some issue with fonts not being clear on certain flat
>> screen
>> monitors, I read somewhere about it recently, and a simple configuration
>> option can clear up those fonts for you. Try googling for linux blurry
>> fonts
>> or Suse blurry fonts. Hopefully you'll find the solution. I think it has
>> something to do with refresh rates, or bad fonts.
>>
>>> [quoted text muted]
> I read somewhere u can use windozes truetype fonts in linux. And we do
> gotta give
> microsoft credits for their fonts!
>

I have the available MS True-Type fonts installed. They were included in
one of the many patches to Suse 10. The MS TT fonts really don't make much
of a difference.

I have a 19 inch Samsung SyncMaster 997 DF flat screen CRT and a BFG 6800 OC
video card. Both have the latest drivers, as does my nForce 2 chipset.

Joe


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