[Ham-Computers] Linux Questions - More

[kd4e]

You may want to download and burn to CD the iso of Puppy 
Linux 4.3b2 (it's in second-stage beta).

Just oot it from the CD and check it out.  You may find that 
it provides all that you are seeking and in a smaller and 
very friendly footprint.

I am completely unfamiliar with Ubuntu so cannot respond to
how they have implemented, or not, the features that you seek.

We have three laptops here that are dual-booted WinXP and 
Puppy Linux but we never ever use XP - it is only there in
case there is an emergency need to run some app for the 
cellphone or some other device for which the provider only
offers a user-unfriendly proprietary interface.

 > Jim Hill wrote:
> Thanks for the security info; I'll need to learn more about Firefox 
> and the settings..
> 
> More questions:
> In Windows XP, I can right click on the desktop to get the Display 
> Properties and from there change the screen resolution, refresh rate, 
> and DPI (changes font size).  How can I change these properties when 
> using using Linux?  White screens have an annoying flicker and the 
> font size on the desktop screen is really small, probably less than 8 points.
> 
> I currently have a dual boot Linux setup, where I can choose between 
> my old version (5.1) and the current version (9.10).  Nothing magical 
> about this configuration, the hard drive I used contained 5.1 and I 
> was given the choice of 9.1 only or both during setup.  If problems 
> occurred when using 9.1, I could reboot and check 5.1 to see if the 
> same problem existed.  It's a 40GB hard drive, which I assume is of 
> adequate size for both versions.
> 
> While Linux was running, Firefox updated, and to my surprise the 
> following appeared:
> "The upgrade needs a total of 400M free space on disk "/".  Please 
> free at least an additional 231M of disk space on "/".  Empty your 
> trash and remove temporary packages of former installations using 
> "sudo apt-get clean".  I'll need to read my Ubuntu book and come up 
> to speed, but have a few questions?
> 
> Is there a Linux-equivalent of Partition Magic where I can view the 
> partitions, see how much is currently used, and resize 
> partitions?  There must be much plenty of space somewhere, since I 
> have saved nothing except a few bookmarks.
> 
> What is the Linux equivalent of Windows Explorer?
> 
> I had hoped to be an Linux "appliance operator" while checking credit 
> card web sites, and then learn about the file system, etc., but it 
> looks like I'm not that lucky.  I feel fortunate I selected Ubuntu, 
> where a book was available.  But, that's one of the reasons I chose 
> Ubuntu while we floundered through a Debian class about 5 years ago.
> 
> Jim
> 
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