beginner questions...

[Matthew Voss]

Ahhhhhhhh... I see. Unfortunately I have no idea how to solve that problem.
Have you treid  the gDesklets mailing list?

On 7/28/07, Naja Melan <najamelan at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 7/28/07, Matthew Voss <matthew.lns1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > What was the question about gDesklets? I can't find it on the email but
> > I use it.
> > Goo
> >
> >
> > >
> > >  On 7/28/07, Naja Melan < najamelan at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > hi,
> > > >
> > > > im just migrating from windows. I tried kubuntu before, but found
> > > > that unworkable. Now i got ubuntu studio, and am really happy with it. Im
> > > > very positively surprised by its userfriendlyness....
> > > >
> > > > Im especially amazed with how much i have been able to sort out and
> > > > set up in only two days by looking things up on the net. However, there are
> > > > some things i don't know where to look up.
> > > >
> > > > I have a rather special settup it seems, nevertheless it is almost
> > > > working smooth, and im sure with some tweaking it will be perfect... I have
> > > > my ubuntu installed on a portable usb hard disk ( != usb stick... ). This
> > > > allows me to take it with me everywhere I go, and to get it to a computer
> > > > with internet, as i don't have that at home. There are some minor
> > > > abnormalities though since the hardware always changes:
> > > >
> > > > 1.  and 2. solved by now by further searching
> > > >
> > > > 3. In ubuntu (studio) all disk drives are always mounted
> > > > automatically. I love this approach. Only since everywhere i go, there are
> > > > ntfs drives, and there are no ext3 drivers for win x64, i would like to get
> > > > my disks to always mount with ntfs-3g, and get the writable. It seems you
> > > > would normally do something like that with fstab, but that doesn't seem to
> > > > make sense since every computer has different harddisks and partitions.
> > > >
> > > > I don't know which program arranges the automounting and
> > > > hotplugging, so i don't know how to configure it to use ntfs-3g??
> > > >
> > > > 4. The computers use different graphics cards, thus need different
> > > > drivers. I have Ati card at home Ndvia somewhere else etc... The problem is,
> > > > that when trying to install the ndvia driver, it insists on removing the ati
> > > > one etc...
> > > >
> > > > Is there a way to just install all drivers and have it choose the
> > > > right one?
> > > >
> > > > 5. Different computers have different screen sizes and resolutions.
> > > > I don't get this concept in linux. For example with gdesklets i seem to lose
> > > > the installed desklets from 1280 when i start a computer with 1024. I pick
> > > > them again, and when back on a comp with 1280, i have them twice...
> > > >
> > > > How does linux deal with the resolution?
> > > >
> > > > Thanx very much in advance for any help...
> > > > greets
> > > > naja
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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