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Re: Reducing wastage of screen real estate in gnome



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Ron Johnson wrote:
> On 05/12/08 19:28, Raj Kiran Grandhi wrote:
>> Ron Johnson wrote:
> [snip]
>>> Maybe you're a Starving College Student, or maybe things cost more
>>> in India (tariffs on imported Chinese goods?), but 17" LCD monitors
>>> are pretty darned cheap.  And you should be able to find used CRT
>>> monitors even cheaper.
>> More than the price, it is my unwillingness to dump my monitor that has
>> served me well and continuing to do so.
> 
> By going with a 17" LCD, you'll get more screen acreage and more
> physical desk space.  19" monitors -- in the US, at least -- can
> even be had for $180 (and that's not even the el cheapos).
> 
>> Besides, upgrading hardware to deal with software issues seems to be the
>> Redmond way of doing things :-)
> 
> I totally understand.  But if that's your mentality, then GNOME (or
> even XFCE) isn't for you.  fvwm is more your style.
> 
I use E17 because it's awesome with space, there are some really tiny
themes.

Also, in aus i got my 22" widescreen for work for just over $300 AUD.
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