[ILUG-BOM] A small exposure to GNU/Linux

[jtd]

On Monday 18 September 2006 19:54, Roshan wrote:
> This post is sent to three lists (GNU/Linux , FSF-EDU,
> FSF-FRIENDS) because I wanted to share this experience
> and also have a small question.
>
> I was asked to present a seminar on a topic assigned
> to me. The seminar topic doesn't have much relevance
> to this post, but there was something different that I
> tried.
>
> In a way, I have exposed "Free Software, Ubuntu LIVE
> CD" distro to my classmates and one of my professor. I
> didn't speak about GNU and Free Software, but I did
> mention about considering (GNU/Linux) as an
> alternative to Windows.
>
> One mistake I committed, was I being a bit bais to
> GNU/Linux and pin-pointing _only_ Microsoft to be
> responsible for proprietary software.
>
> The question that I have ask is this. We had a DLP
> Projector that could not synchronize with the hardware
> and the display always went out of Range for Ubuntu
> 6.06.
> Why?..Doesn't ubuntu run on DLP's?

mode lines. U need to set the modelines correctly.
It's about X, not the distro.
-- 
Rgds
JTD