[plug] New member with a few questions/problems

[William Kenworthy]

edit/preferences/appearance/fonts

You may need to check/uncheck some of the settings and try different
sizes until it looks good.

BillK


On Fri, 2004-05-28 at 23:34, Jim wrote:
> G'day
> 
> I'm Jim Householder, ex-yank and retired software engineer.  I have been 
> using gnu/linux on-and-off for several years but having found debian (in 
> the form of xandros 2) I rarely boot XP now.
> 
> I'm having problems with mozilla and thunderbird.  The default font for 
> their menus, lists and such (not received messages and web pages) is 
> microscopic and I cannot find where to change it.  Somewhere I heard 
> that the defaults are obtained from gnome, but I don't have it installed.
> 
> When I login, kde starts the apps I had running last session. 
> Unfortunately thunderbird is replaced with the mozilla browser.  I have 
> to terminate it and start thunderbird manually each time.
> 
> I use WestNet adsl, and would like a monitor app that gives me a running 
> summary of my network traffic.  Something in the panel would be nice.
> 
> I would like to install kde 3.2.  Is there a simple procedure to install 
> the dozens of packages that appear to be involved?
> 
> Also, if I were to install kernel 2.6, how many additional packages 
> would have to be updated?
> 
> I have been lurking for several weeks now, and find you a helpful and 
> informed mob.  I hope to be able to contribute as well.
> 
> tia
> Collie Jim