screen resolution problems with Hardy Herron

[Michael "TheZorch" Haney]

Rashkae wrote:
> Robert Holtzman wrote:
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>> On Thu, 25 Sep 2008, Rashkae wrote:
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>>> This will be the last time I reply, and second to last time I read a
>>> rude rant from you.
>>>       
>> Rants, yes. Rude, no.
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>>     
>
>
> I'll admit, I've been known to use a tad more profanity when I'm in a
> combative mood, but I still consider the following fine examples of
> rudeness to people who are only trying to help.
>
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> quote:
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> AGAIN, skirting and ignoring the issue!  This why I'm getting pissed,
>
> Jesus Christ, a 5 year old understand this problem better than you guys do!
>
>   
I'll try this again ...

The point I am making is that nobody ever should have to goto the 
terminal to run a dialog from an older version of Ubuntu just to change 
their monitor settings.  It should be in the display resolution dialog 
on the System Menu, not buried somewhere where an average novice 
computer user can't find it.

I'm sorry for sounding rude but it was really irking me that weren't 
getting what I'm trying to say here.

If we want everyday ordinary people who aren't computer geeks and IT 
professionals to discover the freedom and power of Linux every 
concession must be made in order to make their experience as user 
friendly as possible.  Ubuntu is getting there but this display 
resolution problem is a pretty major hurtle.

Most newbies to Linux don't know to look in forums or mailing lists to 
seek help and the documentation says nothing about running 
"displayconfig-gtk" from the terminal, so how could they know that this 
would fix the problem?  In fact most of them won't bother to look, 
they'll give up long before it comes to that.  Having a solution there 
is one thing, but it doesn't help if they don't actually know it is 
there in the first place.

The option to change your monitor settings should have been in Hardy's 
display resolution dialog from the beginning instead of being left out.  
If that hadn't happened I wouldn't be ranting about it right now and 
trying to explain to everyone that this is hurting Ubuntu by turning off 
new users who get frustrated and give up trying to fix this problem.

So, I'm sorry if I sounded rude, I'm sorry for giving a damn whether or 
not people seriously consider using Linux instead of Windows, I'm sorry 
for trying to explain to you all that we need to tell the development 
community things need to be fixed in order to make Ubuntu more user 
friendly for the OS's target audience .... the average computer newbie.  
I'm sorry for caring.

This ends my rant.  I urge you all to let the development community know 
that there is a problem that needs to be addressed here.  For the next 
release of Ubuntu make it possible to change your monitor settings in 
the display resolution dialog.  It couldn't be simpler than that.

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