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| From | MarkA <someone@somewhere.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.os.linux.misc, alt.os.linux.debian, alt.os.linux.slackware |
| Subject | Re: Why would you upgrade... |
| Date | 2014-09-24 17:30 +0000 |
| Organization | NewsGuy - Unlimited Usenet $23.95 |
| Message-ID | <lvuv3231gni@news6.newsguy.com> (permalink) |
| References | <lvqnid$r00$1@dont-email.me> |
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On Tue, 23 Sep 2014 02:57:18 +0000, not.socialnetwork wrote: > and punish yourself, with futile re-re-re-learning? > > My mate's Win*** has got a nice manageble speed mouse; > altho' he only needs it to point at cartoons. > > I need to discriminate the colon in "x:y" in proportional font! > > So it took me an hour to track down HOW2 slow-down gpm. > > But then there's X. > So I dug-out the BIG-file that I'd started last year: SlowMouse > > `pstree` shows you <which processes you're using for X> > For me its: ---startx(3705)---xinit(3721)-+-X(3722) > `-blackbox(3727) > ...which after a looong journey leads to /etc/X11/xorg.conf and `man > xorg.conf` > > My /etc/X11/xorg.conf has got Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7" > but man xorg.conf has no mention of ZAxis > > Imagine, every time you 'upgrade' you must suffer this punishment. I upgrade my system all the time, and I have no idea what problem you are trying to describe. > > Little wonder that people just use M$loth & KFC? Linux is much easier to use than it ever was, but it still isn't for everyone, and probably never will be. Which is a good thing. -- MarkA (Signature back, despite lack of popular demand)
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Why would you upgrade... not.socialnetwork@gmail.com - 2014-09-23 02:57 +0000
Re: Why would you upgrade... ebenZEROONE@verizon.net (Hactar) - 2014-09-23 03:36 -0400
Re: Why would you upgrade... Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2014-09-23 07:40 -0700
Re: Why would you upgrade... MarkA <someone@somewhere.invalid> - 2014-09-24 17:30 +0000
Re: Why would you upgrade... Jens Stuckelberger <Jens_Stuckelberger@nowhere.net> - 2014-09-24 18:57 +0000
Re: Why would you upgrade... Aragorn <thorongil@telenet.be.invalid> - 2014-09-24 21:17 +0200
Re: Why would you upgrade... Unknown <dog@gmail.com> - 2014-10-01 11:51 +0000
Re: Why would you upgrade... Michael Baeuerle <michael.baeuerle@stz-e.de> - 2014-10-01 12:12 +0000
Re: Why would you upgrade... Keith Keller <kkeller-usenet@wombat.san-francisco.ca.us> - 2014-09-24 13:33 -0700
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