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Kaymaster:
I'm sure you guys get these kind of questions from a lot of n00bs like myself...  

I have been a longtime Windows user. I hated 98 and ME with a vengeance. I now am running XP. At first, it looked real fancy schmancy and I was happy with it for the longest time. Then, all of a sudden, it wouldn't let me into Windows when all I did was simply change the desktop theme. I even tried to get into it via safe mode and it didn't work. I was forced to reformat. That really pissed me off...

Now, I'm looking to download a Linux alternative. I play games less and less nowadays, however, I still enjoy them from time to time. I also like instant messangers.

What brand of Linux do you guys reccomend for a n00b like myself? Thanks.  

rtgwbmsr:
I would recommend Mandrake Linux. It's easy to install (they all are, really) and you don't have to go to a console to do most simple tasks, ex: changing the resolution.

As for playing games: WineX is availible at http://www.transgaming.com/ and allows you to play many games.

And instant messangers: You are going to have to ask someone else, but I know there are a lot of them for Linux.

Welcome to the dark side!

-Dustin

voidmain:
Changing resolution in Linux is far easier than it is in Windows.  That is, if you set up X properly at installation.  You should configure X at install time for all of your favorite resolutions.  Then when Linux is up and running and you are logged in all you have to do is press <CTRL><ALT><KP+> or <CTRL><ALT><KP-> to cycle through each of your resolutions. <KP+> refers to the "+" on your number pad.

Master of Reality:
your <ctrl>+<alt>+<keypad +/-> has never worked for me in kde on any of my linux distributions that i have tried.

voidmain:
Then you do not have multiple resolutions configured.  When you installed RedHat did you select more than one resolution (and test all of them)?

By the way, this has been part of XFree since this first time I used it 10 years ago...

See the "KEYBOARD" section in "man XFree86". It will switch between all resolutions that you have defined in the "Screen" section of your XF86Config-4 file.  If you only have one resolution defined then it obviously can not switch to another mode.

More specifically, in my XF86Config-4 file I have my Screen section as so:


--- Code: ---
--- End code ---

I have 5 different resolutions configured that I can switch between in both 24 and 16 bit color depth.  It defaults to the first one in the list (1280x1024).  Now you can not switch between 24 and 16 bit color depth by pressing a key combo though.

[ July 29, 2002: Message edited by: VoidMain ]

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