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My computer is running DSL (266mhz, 4gb HD, 64mb ram, 64mb linux swap),
and it has a horrible green-on-white look. it is unreadable. Can anyone help fix this, or would another desktop-thingy (a fluxbox type thing) work?
Xvesa is a script in DSL, available from the desktop menu. It lets you choose various screen resolutions and color depths in case your monitor is having trouble with the default.
xsetup is another script, which allows you to choose other options for your graphical system, such as choosing xfbdev as the X server instead of the default Xvesa.
If these fail to help, try the xfree86 mydsl package, which gives you much more flexibility in how the x system is configured.
Personally my solution would have been to install Zenwalk! I tried V1.2 about a year ago and it was crap. But I read a great review of V2.2 last week and decided to give it another go.
I am very, very impressed! It is as fast as DSL on my HP Celeron PC but looks and operates damn sight better!
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