[CS-FSLUG] Image Clarity Differences Between GNU & Win Systems?

[David McGlone]

On Thursday 29 January 2009 5:56:43 pm Don Parris wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I recently installed Debian Etch for a lady (See the Blue GNU blog post)
> and did not have her monitor when I installed it.  I only had a 15" CRT to
> use for installation, so can't expect much with respect to image quality. 
> At any rate, I wanted to follow up with her about her new system, and she
> said her only gripe was that images don't seem as sharp.  I'm not sure I
> would notice unless there was a really serious discrepency between the
> images on one system and those on the other.  Unfortunately, I can really
> only go by her word - I blew away Windows to install Debian.
>
> Has anyone else noticed any issues along these lines?  Were you able to
> resolve the issue(s)?  I'm guessing she might need to adjust her monitor a
> bit, but I don't know beyond that what might cause a difference.

You may need to reconfigure her settings for her monitor if it was different 
than yours. I had to do it when I installed my mothers-in-laws kubuntu on my 
17" widescreen and then hooking up her 15" ancient CRT.

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David M.
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