nate wrote: > in my 5 years of running X windows my experience is X is > unusable for the most part with anything below 1024x768. > 800x600 is just too painful. i would reccomend using a virtual > desktop of 1024x768 or higher if your using 800x600. see > the X docs on how to do this, its not too hard. been > a while since i had to do it though.
I have never tried to use X on anything less than 1024x768, but why should it be any worse than running MS Windows at the same resolution? (Purely considered as a graphical display -- ignore the issue of MS Windows crashing left and right.) Craig