Ubuntu on a 1024x600 resolution.

[Dirk Freitag]

kyle.smith wrote:
> It's a bit of a hack, but Compiz has a "Put Window" and "Grab Window"
> plugin that allow you to move a window without only grabbing the
> titlebar.  It would atleast allow you to press "Apply" :)
> 
>  
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ubuntu-users-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com
> [mailto:ubuntu-users-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of Dirk Freitag
> Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 4:04 PM
> To: Ubuntu user technical support,not for general discussions
> Subject: Re: Ubuntu on a 1024x600 resolution.
> 
> Jonas Pedersen wrote:
>> Dirk Freitag wrote:
>>> Another thing I was just curious about.  I have been dealing with 
>>> this issue ever since I installed Ubuntu on my Lenovo Ideapad S10.  
>>> Again, the graphics card that is in my S10 is an Intel Graphics Media
> 
>>> Accelerator 950 (GMA 950), in 945GSE.  Now, since my netbook has a
> 10.2"
>>> display, the native resolution is 1024x600.  However, menus, settings
> 
>>> windows, and even some applications within Linux and Gnome seem to be
> 
>>> hard coded for the 1024x768 resolution, because I will lose the 
>>> bottom portion of these windows.  Is there a way that I can resolve 
>>> this or make it so that the windows auto-scale down to fit in my
> resolution?
>>> Thanks.
>> I don't own a netbook myself, but I have heard people talking about 
>> Ubuntu Netbook Remix. I am not sure if it solves your issue, but it 
>> might be worth taking a look at it. You can find more information 
>> about it at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UNR.
>>
> 
> I have heard of the netbook remix.  It does look interesting, except I
> do not like the new interface that it implements.  I would much rather
> stay with Gnome.  Its not too big of an issue, I mean I have been
> dealing with it for over 3 months now without much issues.  So I threw
> it on my to-do list to try and figure out.  Just getting around to it.
> 
> 
> If it can't be resolved that's fine too.  I will just deal with it cause
> again, I dont want to give up Gnome.  I was just trying to find out if
> anyone knew of any tricks to get things in Gnome to scale themselves
> down in size based on the resolution.  Thanks for the link though.
> 
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Thanks for the tip, Kyle.  I will try that out.


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