Re: Yeah, I have desktop effects:
On Wed, 2008-05-28 at 20:36 -0400, Neal Becker wrote: > 2. Fonts are significantly larger with the nvidia driver than with the > open nvidia version. I wonder why? Screen size or DPI settings, most likely. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ uname -ipr 2.6.23.15-80.fc7 i686 i386 Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
Re: Yeah, I have desktop effects:
Neal Becker wrote: > I have desktop effects now with kde/nvidia with the new nvidia driver. > > Now, 2 questions: > > 1. Should I choose compositing with opengl or xrender? opengl is preferable, but ymmv. Try both, and stick with whichever works best for you. > 2. Fonts are significantly larger with the nvidia driver than with the > open nvidia version. I wonder why? As Tim highlighted, a difference in monitor/dpi detection most likely. -- Rex -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
Re: Yeah, I have desktop effects:
kwhiskerz wrote: > I hope someone in the know answers your question. I would like to add > some, on topic: > > Having chosen OpenGL, should one choose: > > 1. Texture from Pixmap, Shared Memory or Fallback? > 2. Nearest, Bilinear or Trilinear? > 3. Direct Rendering? > 4. VSync? IMHO, if you don't know what these mean, what they do, or their impact, stick with the defaults. :) -- Rex -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
Re: Yeah, I have desktop effects:
kwhiskerz wrote: > Rex Dieter wrote: > > IMHO, if you don't know what these mean, what they do, or their impact, > stick with the defaults. :) > > Sheesh! You mean I have to turn them all off again? :-) heh, you don't *have* to do anything. Tinker to your heart's content, it's your box afterall. Of course, if anything breaks, you get to keep the pieces. :) -- Rex -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
Re: Yeah, I have desktop effects:
On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 1:22 PM, Rex Dieter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > kwhiskerz wrote: > > > Rex Dieter wrote: > > > > IMHO, if you don't know what these mean, what they do, or their impact, > > stick with the defaults. :) > > > > Sheesh! You mean I have to turn them all off again? :-) > > heh, you don't *have* to do anything. Tinker to your heart's content, it's > your box afterall. Of course, if anything breaks, you get to keep the > pieces. :) > > -- Rex > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@redhat.com > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > > > What does IMHO mean? I've got desktop effects and it is the coolest thing next to slice bread... or better yet, English Muffins. -- Marc F. "..Grace to you and peace from Him who is and who was and who is to come.." -Rev1:4 -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
Re: Yeah, I have desktop effects:
On Thu, 2008-05-29 at 13:57 -0400, Marc Ferguson wrote: > What does IMHO mean? I've got desktop effects and it is the coolest > thing next to slice bread... or better yet, English Muffins. IMHO = In My Humble Opinion You need to learn your net jargon :-) Other common acronyms on mailing lists (and increasingly elsewhere as well): BTW = By The Way AFAIK = As Far As I Know IIRC = If I Remember Correctly For an exhaustive treatise on this stuff, see http://catb.org/jargon/ poc -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
Re: Yeah, I have desktop effects:
On Thu, 29 May 2008 14:15:02 -0430 "Patrick O'Callaghan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You need to learn your net jargon :-) Other common acronyms on mailing > lists (and increasingly elsewhere as well): Is it Mailing list --> and increasingly elsewhere, or, Elsewhere --> Mailing lists? Is it a mailing list or Short-Message-Servicing-list? If in that much hurry to write, why write at all? If it is typing speed: there always is good old gtypist. -- das ddts.randomink.org -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
Re: Yeah, I have desktop effects:
On Thursday 29 May 2008, Marc Ferguson wrote: [...] >it is the coolest thing >next to slice bread... or better yet, English Muffins. English Muffins better than sliced bread? I always thought the next step up was to bottled beer. There is of course one that's better yet, but this IS a mixed list... -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) If a guru falls in the forest with no one to hear him, was he really a guru at all? -- Strange de Jim, "The Metasexuals" -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
Re: Yeah, I have desktop effects:
Gene Heskett wrote: On Thursday 29 May 2008, Marc Ferguson wrote: [...] it is the coolest thing next to slice bread... or better yet, English Muffins. English Muffins better than sliced bread? I always thought the next step up was to bottled beer. There is of course one that's better yet, but this IS a mixed list... What's wrong with mentioning *draft* beer? -Don -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
Re: Yeah, I have desktop effects:
On Thursday 29 May 2008, Don Levey wrote: >Gene Heskett wrote: >> On Thursday 29 May 2008, Marc Ferguson wrote: >> [...] >> >>> it is the coolest thing >>> next to slice bread... or better yet, English Muffins. >> >> English Muffins better than sliced bread? I always thought the next step >> up was to bottled beer. >> >> There is of course one that's better yet, but this IS a mixed list... > >What's wrong with mentioning *draft* beer? > > -Don 'Taint near as portable, at least till it is inside you. -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) I have not yet begun to byte! -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
Re: Yeah, I have desktop effects:
On Fri, 2008-05-30 at 01:48 +0530, das wrote: > On Thu, 29 May 2008 14:15:02 -0430 > "Patrick O'Callaghan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > You need to learn your net jargon :-) Other common acronyms on mailing > > lists (and increasingly elsewhere as well): > > Is it Mailing list --> and increasingly elsewhere, or, Elsewhere --> > Mailing lists? Some of it is originally Usenet, them mailing lists, then a wider public. > Is it a mailing list or Short-Message-Servicing-list? > > If in that much hurry to write, why write at all? If it is typing speed: > there always is good old gtypist. Well, I suggest you get used to it because it's not going away. Every community has its jargon and this one is no exception. poc -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
