Re: Debian Newbie need help - belated thank you to all

2011-04-03 Thread Stephen Powell
On Sun, 03 Apr 2011 14:06:52 -0400 (EDT), p3qwes...@hushmail.com wrote: > > I'm sorry for the delay in getting back to say thank you to all of > you who offered some guidance - pressure of obligations in may > areas cut into my time somewhat. I have decided to give Debian a > miss yet again. I

Re: Debian Newbie need help - belated thank you to all

2011-04-03 Thread p3qwestra
I'm sorry for the delay in getting back to say thank you to all of you who offered some guidance - pressure of obligations in may areas cut into my time somewhat. I have decided to give Debian a miss yet again. I really is a bit too cumbersome. I am not new to computing with over 30 years exper

Re: Debian Newbie need help

2011-03-04 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Roger Leigh wrote: On Fri, Mar 04, 2011 at 09:51:17AM +, Brad Rogers wrote: On Thu, 3 Mar 2011 11:19:05 -0800 "Dr. Ed Morbius" wrote: Hello Dr., There are so many wins of LCD over CRT that I'd see little to no reason to stick with a CRT display. Finance is often the reason people don't

Re: Debian Newbie need help

2011-03-04 Thread Brad Rogers
On Fri, 4 Mar 2011 11:02:48 + Roger Leigh wrote: Hello Roger, Please don't Cc: me, I'm subscribed to the list. > Another reason is colour reproduction. Until recently, and even now Doubtless, there are many reasons for not changing kit. I nearly said upgrading, but in the case of colour

Re: Debian Newbie need help

2011-03-04 Thread Roger Leigh
On Fri, Mar 04, 2011 at 09:51:17AM +, Brad Rogers wrote: > On Thu, 3 Mar 2011 11:19:05 -0800 > "Dr. Ed Morbius" wrote: > > Hello Dr., > > > There are so many wins of LCD over CRT that I'd see little to no reason > > to stick with a CRT display. > > Finance is often the reason people don't w

Re: Debian Newbie need help

2011-03-04 Thread Brad Rogers
On Thu, 3 Mar 2011 11:19:05 -0800 "Dr. Ed Morbius" wrote: Hello Dr., > There are so many wins of LCD over CRT that I'd see little to no reason > to stick with a CRT display. Finance is often the reason people don't want to change their existing kit. Some people simply can't afford to upgrade.

Re: Debian Newbie need help

2011-03-03 Thread Dr. Ed Morbius
on 17:58 Thu 03 Mar, p3qwes...@hushmail.com (p3qwes...@hushmail.com) wrote: > Hi. > > I need help please. > > Because I'd like to move to Debian, I have tried the Debian 6 Live > CD. However, because the screen refresh rate is fixed on 60hz, For CRTs, that's an issue, especially if you have flo

Re: Debian Newbie need help

2011-03-03 Thread Camaleón
On Thu, 03 Mar 2011 17:58:12 +, p3qwestra wrote: > I need help please. Next time try to give a more descriptive "subject" line ;-) > Because I'd like to move to Debian, I have tried the Debian 6 Live CD. > However, because the screen refresh rate is fixed on 60hz, I cannot > proceed. (...)

Re: Debian Newbie need help

2011-03-03 Thread Mark
On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 9:58 AM, wrote: > Hi. > > I need help please. > > Because I'd like to move to Debian, I have tried the Debian 6 Live > CD. However, because the screen refresh rate is fixed on 60hz, I > cannot proceed. I am unable to change the rate and leaving it on > that setting means I

Re: Debian Newbie need help

2011-03-03 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Jo, 03 mar 11, 17:58:12, p3qwes...@hushmail.com wrote: > Hi. > > I need help please. > > Because I'd like to move to Debian, I have tried the Debian 6 Live > CD. However, because the screen refresh rate is fixed on 60hz, I > cannot proceed. I am unable to change the rate and leaving it on >