Hi S3NSA,
1. The microsoft font package can be found in Package manager under msttcorefonts. There are also other installable opensource fonts which I do not know the name of offhand.
2. Don't know.
3. There are different ways of doing it, but If you want to allocate more space to Linux (assuming your Windows partition is first) you will need to first resize that (Windows) partition. Then you can move your Linux partition to the left - and then resize it to the newly created space to the right. Always make a backup of important files when editing the partition. You also need to make these changes from a LiveCD as you should not edit partitions that are currently mounted (in use). An alternative way could also be to resize Windows, alocating 80GB more free space, install Linux MInt again on to that 80GB, then move all your configuration files in /home and personal files to the new Install, then you can just delete the old Mint partition and allocate the free space to the new one.
4. Try adjusting the DPI in Appearance Preferences under Fonts. I am away from a Linux box at the moment but I believe there is a button you need to click in the font tab to open the advanced preferences.
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Re: Hello, a few questions if I may.
S3NSA,
About your third question. If you reduce the size of the Vista partition be sure you defragment Vista at least once (twice is better) to compact it as much as possible. Also the preferred way to shrink the Vista partition is with Vista's Disk Management tool. You find it in Administrative Tools => Computer Management => Storage =. Disk Management. On the right side of the window, under Actions => Disk Management => More Actions there is a menu that is accessed by clicking the arrow after More Actions. Select the Windows Partition from the partition diagram, and select More Actions => All Tasks => Shrink Volume.
This is much safer than using Gparted (Partition Editor) from the live CD. I recently killed a Vista install by shrinking it with Gparted although I had applied all the safety factors I knew. Use Windows tools to work on Windows.
About Firefox fonts. You can change the font sizes in firefox by going to Edit=> Preferences=>Content and selecting Advanced under Fonts and Colors.
About your third question. If you reduce the size of the Vista partition be sure you defragment Vista at least once (twice is better) to compact it as much as possible. Also the preferred way to shrink the Vista partition is with Vista's Disk Management tool. You find it in Administrative Tools => Computer Management => Storage =. Disk Management. On the right side of the window, under Actions => Disk Management => More Actions there is a menu that is accessed by clicking the arrow after More Actions. Select the Windows Partition from the partition diagram, and select More Actions => All Tasks => Shrink Volume.
This is much safer than using Gparted (Partition Editor) from the live CD. I recently killed a Vista install by shrinking it with Gparted although I had applied all the safety factors I knew. Use Windows tools to work on Windows.
About Firefox fonts. You can change the font sizes in firefox by going to Edit=> Preferences=>Content and selecting Advanced under Fonts and Colors.
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RedWagon
Re: Hello, a few questions if I may.
Hey, another graphic designer! As for Wine different versions work best for different apps. Go to www.winehq.org and search the App Database for whatever Adobe product you have. The App Database should have everything you need to know to get Photoshop running, however Wine can be very finicky.
There are also some really great open source programs like Gimp and Inkscape. www.osalt.com is a good source for finding open source versions of programs. Just search (for example) Adobe Dreamweaver and it will give you some good web editors to try. I work at a photography studio and have come to prefer Gimp over photoshop for certain things, however there are just some things that I HAVE to have photoshop for.
Just out of curiosity what exactly do you do? Web design, photography, ect... I might be able to recommend some good apps.
Fonts can be installed pretty easily, can't remember off the top of my head though...
As for your disk space issues, let me give you a warning about NTFS. Every partition has a filesystem which determines how information is stored on the hard drive. Windows always uses NTFS which just shoves files in the first available spot and leaves them there. Because of this you can get large gaps of free space in your drive that make it impossible to shrink the partition.
Example NTFS: (d = data, - = empety)
|ddd-----dd-d-dd----d-----------------------d---d-------|
You may have lots of free space, but because of the little bits of data left way out there near the end, you won't be able to shrink it. Some programs will recognize this and stop before it erases stuff, and others will just delete it. Defragging a hard drive will help consolidate your d's, but they rarely do a very good job (in my opinion) but it's better than nothing.
Linux, on the other hand, uses EXT3 which looks like this:
|dddddddddddd--------------------------------------------|
Much better organized, faster, and completely safe to shrink. So, feel free to tweak your Linux partitions without fear, but whenever shrinking an NTFS (Windows) partition be sure to back up anything you aren't prepared to loose. I would recommend Googling around for a specialized Windows partition editor if you plan on shrinking a lot, since some of those will actually move the stray d's in allowing you to shrink more without loosing data. But, no matter what, it's still a risk.
There are also some really great open source programs like Gimp and Inkscape. www.osalt.com is a good source for finding open source versions of programs. Just search (for example) Adobe Dreamweaver and it will give you some good web editors to try. I work at a photography studio and have come to prefer Gimp over photoshop for certain things, however there are just some things that I HAVE to have photoshop for.
Just out of curiosity what exactly do you do? Web design, photography, ect... I might be able to recommend some good apps.
Fonts can be installed pretty easily, can't remember off the top of my head though...
As for your disk space issues, let me give you a warning about NTFS. Every partition has a filesystem which determines how information is stored on the hard drive. Windows always uses NTFS which just shoves files in the first available spot and leaves them there. Because of this you can get large gaps of free space in your drive that make it impossible to shrink the partition.
Example NTFS: (d = data, - = empety)
|ddd-----dd-d-dd----d-----------------------d---d-------|
You may have lots of free space, but because of the little bits of data left way out there near the end, you won't be able to shrink it. Some programs will recognize this and stop before it erases stuff, and others will just delete it. Defragging a hard drive will help consolidate your d's, but they rarely do a very good job (in my opinion) but it's better than nothing.
Linux, on the other hand, uses EXT3 which looks like this:
|dddddddddddd--------------------------------------------|
Much better organized, faster, and completely safe to shrink. So, feel free to tweak your Linux partitions without fear, but whenever shrinking an NTFS (Windows) partition be sure to back up anything you aren't prepared to loose. I would recommend Googling around for a specialized Windows partition editor if you plan on shrinking a lot, since some of those will actually move the stray d's in allowing you to shrink more without loosing data. But, no matter what, it's still a risk.
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RedWagon
Re: Hello, a few questions if I may.
Oh yeah, try to be more descriptive in your topic titles next time.
Re: Hello, a few questions if I may.
2. the program ran fine here, not sure why you couldn't get it to work.
3. Defrag your Vista partition, backup important files, boot the livecd and use Gparted to shrink/grow your partitions.
4. Open Appearance in your menu and go to the Fonts tab and change the size of your fonts there.
atlef.
3. Defrag your Vista partition, backup important files, boot the livecd and use Gparted to shrink/grow your partitions.
4. Open Appearance in your menu and go to the Fonts tab and change the size of your fonts there.
atlef.