On Tue, 2003-08-19 at 08:08, Dick Gevers wrote: > Hi all, > > Mandrake has no hardware requirements for monitor size or resolution. I have > a 13 inch monitor which supports only a resolution of 640x480. > > Some KDE screens give me big problems with this, e.g. Konqueror > Search and > Panel taskbar configuration. When I file a bug at KDE I get as an answer > that they support only 800x600 minimum. If this goes on I will be forced to > look for another window manager. In GNOME, however, the problems are bigger: > many applications are unworkable for me. The other window managers I found > to have each their own problems and or bugs. IceWM looks like the best > option. > > (Blackbox and Fluxbox are very counterintuitive for me, Xfce and Waimea are > buggy. AfterStep I didn`t manage to get running). > > Am I being forced to buy a pricy monitor to be able to continue using Linux? > I can`t believe that. Long ago when I was using Windows I hardly had such a > problem, at least not with M$ programs, but I never want to go back to > Windows, if I can avoid it. A larger video monitor I have no room for and a > larger flatscreen I cannot afford. > > I am quite worried that soon Mandrake will have the same requirement as KDE. > > I would appreciate any ideas and thoughts about which way we are evolving in > this respect and/or how I might solve this problem. > > Thanks and regards, > =Dick Gevers= >
For speed ..... size compatibility, and configurability ICE is a dream. Windowmaker is close (and it's a fork from AfterStep so it should be familiar if you like that one.) .... but ... ICE I agree is the best. Heck my laptop does 1024x768 max and half the dang webpages out there seem to be built for 1600x1280!. James > > ______________________________________________________________________ > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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