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Hi, everyone.

One, concerning burning out the screen.
Come on, people! Get real! We are not trying to configure X to run at
resolutions like 1600x1200! There is no modern monitor in the world
today that would burn at 640x480, 72Hz. This is paranoia from the days
of old monitors, and even than, only using weird non-standard numbers
did the job. I configured X about 5 times in the party. None of the
people had horiz and vert refresh rates, so I fell back to configuring
very generic 640x480. This is what most people want, since most people
have 14" or 15" monitors. So stop getting panicky.

I'm against the idea of charging for the installation party. Linux is
free. Our time and work isn't, but nobody is forcing anyone to come
to the list. Making it commercial would make things ugly and destroy
the spirit. Not to mention that, like many people pointed out, people
would have a right to expect quick service and will start nagging
and getting angry. I think Amos's idea about asking for money is good,
since most people will probably give some anyway, but not demanding it.

Shay

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Shay Rojansky, roji@cs.huji.ac.il                 Finger for PGP public key



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