Re: [xubuntu-users] Resolution and DPI

On 02/04/2018 11:00 AM, Joe Schneider wrote: My GPD Pocket (1920*1080) runs with Xubuntu 16.04 LTS, which is my standard OS also on an X220. My problem is that expanding on a second monitor with lower resolution (1280*1024) does not work successfully on the GPD. The fonts are much too big. On

Re: [xubuntu-users] A side divagation Re: The Devil's Advocate

On 07/14/2017 09:32 AM, Joao Monteiro wrote: OK. I need to make a little detour to see if I can convey what I wish to express in sensible terms. [snip] Windows and linux users are of both types alike. With one major difference... In linuxland, much richer of adventurous and inquisitive

Re: [xubuntu-users] The Devil's Advocate -- TANSTAAFL AKA "FOSS vs Proprietary"

TANSTAAFL == "There ain't no such thing as a free lunch" q.v. Disclaimer: Though I use Debian rather than Ubuntu, I often find this forum useful. On 07/12/2017 02:01 AM, Joao Monteiro wrote: Hi all, For those who may not have read it in the thread

Re: [xubuntu-users] Authoring tools: Was Is there a Linux Distro with MS Word Pre installed?#

On 1/14/2017 12:13 PM, Chris Green wrote: On Sat, Jan 14, 2017 at 11:20:59AM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: http://docutils.sourceforge.net/docs/user/rst/quickstart.html http://docutils.sourceforge.net/docs/user/rst/quickstart.txt The key portion of the later is: "The `What Next?`_ se

Re: [xubuntu-users] Authoring tools: Was Is there a Linux Distro with MS Word Pre installed?

On 1/14/2017 10:16 AM, Chris Green wrote: On 1/14/2017 6:40 AM, Chris Green wrote: [snip] reStructuredText is a markup laguage (i.e. it's similar to Markdown) but is designed for the job. It's quite readable in its native form and has conversion software for (I think, I haven't actually

Re: [xubuntu-users] Authoring tools: Was Is there a Linux Distro with MS Word Pre installed?

On 1/14/2017 6:40 AM, Chris Green wrote: [snip] reStructuredText is a markup laguage (i.e. it's similar to Markdown) but is designed for the job. It's quite readable in its native form and has conversion software for (I think, I haven't actually checked) HTML, LateX and others. See:-

Re: [xubuntu-users] shell tools (was Re: Is it possible to edit the right-click menu?)

<mailto:lphilpo...@gmail.com> /Sent from Thunderbird on Xubuntu Linux/ On 01/08/2017 09:44 AM, Richard Owlett wrote: On 1/8/2017 8:50 AM, Ulli Horlacher wrote: On Sun 2017-01-08 (08:24), Richard Owlett wrote: http://fex.belwue.de/fstools/del.html I would suggest that any new to Linux

Re: [xubuntu-users] shell tools (was Re: Is it possible to edit the right-click menu?)

On 1/8/2017 8:50 AM, Ulli Horlacher wrote: On Sun 2017-01-08 (08:24), Richard Owlett wrote: http://fex.belwue.de/fstools/del.html I would suggest that any new to Linux browse http://fex.belwue.de/fstools/index.html just to gain perspective of what can be done at the command line. Beware

Re: [xubuntu-users] Is it possible to edit the right-click menu?

On 1/8/2017 6:42 AM, Ulli Horlacher wrote: On Thu 2017-01-05 (09:19), Kevin O'Gorman wrote: I made what I thought was a minimal edit to ~/.config/menus/xfce-applications.menu, just moving one line down in a "layout" section. Immediately all my window decorations went blank, and I could not so