On Thu 15 Sep 2016 at 07:28:16 (-0400), rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > TL;DR (Too Long, Didn't Read)--I didn't anticipate ever using that little > abbreviation. > > Anyway, my only reason for writing is to suggest (to the OP) that he consider > using a fairly inexpensive digital flat screen tv as his monitor. I > currently > use a 1080P 32" T that I bought for under $200 (on sale, somewhere, sometime, > probably either Newegg or TigerDirect). > > It has something like 1920x1280 resolution (which is enough resolution for > me)--lets me easily set up two large windows side by side on the screen. > > When I installed Wheezy, iirc (some years ago), fonts were pretty good (i.e., > plenty big enough) with little or no intervention. When I recently built a > Jessie machine I did initially get some very small fonts and I had to do some > adjustment. > > Things too small on a 32" TV--get a 40 or 48 or even bigger TV (although the > expense does go up)--again on sale, about 2 years ago I found a 48" TV for > about $250. > > On Thursday, September 15, 2016 05:11:26 AM Felix Miata wrote: > > David Wright composed on 2016-09-14 22:59 (UTC-0500): > > > On Wed 14 Sep 2016 at 05:43:24 (-0400), Felix Miata wrote: > > >> David Wright composed on 2016-09-13 13:36 (UTC-0500):
https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2016/09/msg00135.html applies to laptops' own screens too. Cheers, David.