My Linux Journal Day 16

Jan, 17, 2008

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More on my monitor resolution again, and its not good news (though not terrible). I booted up today to check for updates when I got an 800×600 screen resolution again. After a reboot (no changes, just a restart) I’ve again got 1280×1024. I’m going to guess that I need to look into turning off the restricted drivers.

I decided to get some work programs on the linux machine here, so decided to install Bluefish HTML editor, and GIMP. So, I jumped into Synpatic:

System > Administration > Synaptic Package Manager

As I was about to install GIMP, it occurred to me I hadn’t checked the menus yet. A quick look at Applications > Graphics showed it was already installed. Cool. Next onto Bluefish. I didn’t even check, I just installed it via Synaptic and I have it opened now.

Next, I am thinking about installing Wine (Windows Emulator) to run Internet Explorer because sadly there are some sites you *must* rely on Internet Explorer to visit because the developer doesn’t know what their doing, or its done on purpose because Microsoft if evil. Well, okay maybe not evil, but you get the idea. More on Wine later.

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