Until you decide to install to a hard drive either internal or external, you can't really enjoy the added flexibility of Linux as I see it. I don't care for Ubuntu proper, since my old 10.04, but I use Zorin, Mint XFCE/LXDE, Bodhi, and some others. Firefox finally has the Theme Font & Size Changer add-on extension, which helps on my netbook and widescreen monitor. I also use No Squint in Firefox to have separate controls for picture and font size. There are various ways to set a system font and size, I'm more into hunting these things out. Plus, if the default GUI doesn't work I add another and switch to the one I use more frequently.
Joan in Reno >________________________________ > From: Jim <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Sent: Sunday, August 4, 2013 8:57 AM >Subject: [LINUX_Newbies] Not a Dnewby, just want to be able to use Lionux > > > > >For some time I have used Ubuntu Linux, I like being able to try it without >installing. But I never decide to install because there are so many things I >can't deal with. One of these is the tiny or faint text. I've had similar >problems with Windows and it's programs but I've been able to figure out how >to solve them there. Why do companies thing that screen text should be so >faint and small. Of course the size problem became worse when my screens have >come with such great resolution, That does result in text becoming smaller. >The size is not as much of a problem if it's not so faint. It's not that I >can't read small text but that it's a chore and I get frustrated. If the small >text has thicker lines and is higher contrast I have little trouble. [Please >don't tell me about high contras mode, I'm not that bad off. > >With Linux I can't even figure out where to go to change the text size. And in >some cases if the text is part of a program or a web site nothing works. With >Windows I can usually use CTRL & +. > >Anyone out there got this problem figured out? > >Jim > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from this list, please email [email protected] & you will be removed.Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
