Re: Considering switch to linux


"Walter Mitty" <mitticus@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:41ntm0F1f1n29U5@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> "Joe727" risked the wrath of Usenet weenies mastering
> mommies computer when he ventured forth on 2005-12-31, commmitted
> his life to the whims of Google, and spluttered:
>
>>
>> "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
>>>>> [quoted text muted]
>>>>
>>>> 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
>>
>>
>
> And you selected the TT fonts as your app defaults? Especially in web
> browser? YOu have AA turned on ? Hiliting?
>
>
> --
> Snow White's dwarfs become gnomes
> -- http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/kent/4349726.stm
> The world has gone mad.

Yes. No. Don't know.

Joe


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