A few posts down there might be an answer :D

Op Tue, 24 Apr 2007 20:19:00 +0200
schreef "Saaa" <empty@needmail.com>:

> I've never worked with Vista, I have with Ubuntu. Before using ubuntu I thought I might be swayed and at least wanted to install it on my parents computer, but I wasn't really satisfied with compatibility of software(which isn't listed as ubuntu'safe'?)

What exactly do you mean with that?

> and the explorer was kinda not really user-friendly for me :)

I quite like it most of the time, but there are other file managers available if you prefer them...  :)

> (and then there is the drag drop which won't bring a window to front when I have something hanging above it

IIRC there are settings for such things "somewhere".

> and the dead keys (which I had to enable) which keeps on bleeping
> when I hit ' + t in "don't"

That's your punishment for turning normal keys into dead keys...   ;-P

If your keyboard layout doesn't have dedicated dead keys, it's probably better to use a compose key (enable it in the keyboard configuration) and/or AltGr (or AltGr-emulation on right Alt) to enter accented letters.

E.g., by default my Belgian keyboard has <'> (single quote mark), <’>
(single closing quote mark) and <´> (acute accent), with the last 2
accessible through AltGr, and only the "accent" one being a dead key...

> and last my videocard wasn't supported, my screen didn't want to go to 100Hz,

Even if it doesn't work out-of-the-box, I would be surprised if it really would not be possible to force it.  :)

> and colour management is crap)

That depends on the application, e.g. Scribus and some other applications have good colour management (through liblcms).


-- 
JanC

> I've never worked with Vista, I have with Ubuntu. Before using ubuntu I thought I might be swayed and at least wanted to install it on my parents computer, but I wasn't really satisfied with compatibility of software(which isn't listed as ubuntu'safe'?)

What exactly do you mean with that?
+the ones with the ubuntu icon in front. Installing one without it would for
instance have  freakishly small fonts

> and the explorer was kinda not really user-friendly for me :)

I quite like it most of the time, but there are other file managers
available if you prefer them...  :)
+I didn't like that I couldn't select multiple file with the mouse because I
had no space to start my rectangle
+you could only start below all the lines

> (and then there is the drag drop which won't bring a window to front when I have something hanging above it

IIRC there are settings for such things "somewhere".
+I did find the option to bring windows up front after some time
+but thats not what I meant

> and the dead keys (which I had to enable) which keeps on bleeping
> when I hit ' + t in "don't"

That's your punishment for turning normal keys into dead keys...   ;-P
+Why can't it just enter the ' iso the bleep? (like in windows)
+'Why don't you parté'  <--no bleeps nor compose keys needed, only the '

If your keyboard layout doesn't have dedicated dead keys, it's probably
better to use a compose key (enable it in the keyboard configuration)
and/or AltGr (or AltGr-emulation on right Alt) to enter accented
letters.
+compose keys sounds like more trouble, but then again I don't really know
what they are :D

E.g., by default my Belgian keyboard has <'> (single quote mark), <'>
(single closing quote mark) and <´> (acute accent), with the last 2
accessible through AltGr, and only the "accent" one being a dead key...

> and last my videocard wasn't supported, my screen didn't want to go to 100Hz,

Even if it doesn't work out-of-the-box, I would be surprised if it
really would not be possible to force it.  :)
+Well my videocard really did not work.. after a few blue screens I gave up
(had my time better to spend:)
+and I saw that my error wasn't uncommon (can't remember it though:
something with X being from a different version or something)
+I added the refreshrates, but somehow it didn't let me go beyond 85Hz

> and colour management is crap)

That depends on the application, e.g. Scribus and some other
applications have good colour management (through liblcms).
+I meant fullscreen colour managment, the thing you save with jpeg files for
instance
+but maybe you meant the same.. I dunno :D


-- 
JanC

Op Tue, 1 May 2007 11:29:07 +0200
schreef "Saaa" <empty@needmail.com>:

> > I've never worked with Vista, I have with Ubuntu. Before using ubuntu I thought I might be swayed and at least wanted to install it on my parents computer, but I wasn't really satisfied with compatibility of software(which isn't listed as ubuntu'safe'?)
> 
> What exactly do you mean with that?

> +the ones with the ubuntu icon in front. Installing one without it would for instance have  freakishly small fonts

That was probably a Qt application.  There is a Qt configuration tool somewhere that allows you to change the Qt default font size.

Qt is/includes a GUI programming framework comparable to Gtk (the
standard Ubuntu GUI uses Gtk).


> > and the explorer was kinda not really user-friendly for me :)

> +I didn't like that I couldn't select multiple file with the mouse
> because I had no space to start my rectangle
> +you could only start below all the lines

You can use Ctrl+Click and/or Shift+Click instead.


> > (and then there is the drag drop which won't bring a window to front when I have something hanging above it
> 
> IIRC there are settings for such things "somewhere".

> +I did find the option to bring windows up front after some time +but thats not what I meant

If that helps somewhat, windows come to the front if you hover over their "button" in the Window list at the bottom of the screen.


> > and the dead keys (which I had to enable) which keeps on bleeping
> > when I hit ' + t in "don't"
> 
> That's your punishment for turning normal keys into dead keys...   ;-P

> +Why can't it just enter the ' iso the bleep? (like in windows) +'Why don't you parté'  <--no bleeps nor compose keys needed, only the '

I think it's maybe possible to do that, but it would require creating a new keymap for your keyboard layout (possibly by extending an existing keymap for your keyboard).


> If your keyboard layout doesn't have dedicated dead keys, it's probably better to use a compose key (enable it in the keyboard configuration) and/or AltGr (or AltGr-emulation on right Alt) to enter accented letters.

> +compose keys sounds like more trouble, but then again I don't really know what they are :D

AltGr is less trouble than compose keys, but I have no idea if that's supported in one of the existing keymaps for your keyboard layout.


> +Well my videocard really did not work.. after a few blue screens I
> gave up (had my time better to spend:)
> +and I saw that my error wasn't uncommon (can't remember it though:
> something with X being from a different version or something)
> +I added the refreshrates, but somehow it didn't let me go beyond 85Hz

Did you install any graphics drivers that didn't come from the Ubuntu repositories?


> > and colour management is crap)
> 
> That depends on the application, e.g. Scribus and some other applications have good colour management (through liblcms).

> +I meant fullscreen colour managment, the thing you save with jpeg
> files for instance
> +but maybe you meant the same.. I dunno :D

If you mean .ics profiles and related things, then yes that's what I mean.   :)


-- 
JanC

> +I didn't like that I couldn't select multiple file with the mouse
> because I had no space to start my rectangle
> +you could only start below all the lines

>You can use Ctrl+Click and/or Shift+Click instead.

Can't use my keyboard form my bed :D


> > (and then there is the drag drop which won't bring a window to front when I have something hanging above it
>
> IIRC there are settings for such things "somewhere".

> +I did find the option to bring windows up front after some time +but thats not what I meant

>If that helps somewhat, windows come to the front if you hover over their "button" in the Window list at the bottom of the screen.

That didn't work as it was the first thing I thought should have worked .. but maybe this is solved with the new release.

>I think it's maybe possible to do that, but it would require creating a new keymap for your keyboard layout (possibly by extending an existing keymap for your keyboard).

Not in my time :D

>AltGr is less trouble than compose keys, but I have no idea if that's supported in one of the existing keymaps for your keyboard layout.

I think a beep should be avoided at all times, let the system think of what I wanted.

>Did you install any graphics drivers that didn't come from the Ubuntu repositories?
No, should I have? (I have no clue as to where to find those )

>If you mean .ics profiles and related things, then yes that's what I mean.   :)

I'll look into that.
I'll try it all again within the new release in the next few weeks.