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I’ve not had to use TrueType fonts before as my desktop display resolution never warranted it. Now with eyesight failing and much better monitors, I decided to give them a go. Fonts are globally managed by settings in /etc/X11/app-defaults . However, TrueType fonts can be locally set in  ~/.Xresources . To browse the list of fonts use: fc-list :fontformat=TrueType -f "%{family}\n" | sort -u | less Test a font by specifying in the xterm command using the -fa option: xterm -fa 'Luxi Mono' -fs 10 Where fa refers to the fonts face name, and fs , the font size. Once happy with your font, apply to your application in ~/.Xresources. For example to apply for XTerm : ! my customisations XTerm*faceName: DejaVu Sans Mono XTerm*faceSize: 11 The final step is to set these resource changes using xrdb : xrdb -merge .Xresources So, next time you invoke a plain xterm command you will be greeted with your new font.

I have a little experimental machine for playing with different distributions.   Lately, the  HP Mini 110-1081TU  has been running MeeGo . Now it has been commissioned to run Linux Mint . This comes in a variety of flavours. The one reviewed here is Linx Mint Debian 201109 . While the download was a monstrous 1.1G, the installation is the fastest I've ever seen. It literally took 10 minutes!  Post Installation - Wireless This is where the fun begins. First off, I had trouble getting wireless to work.  Reading dmesg gave very helpful instructions.  Read the recommendations carefully! Doing so can save you much time and effort. The HP Mini 110 uses a Broadcom 4312 WLAN . Install the packages b43-fwcutter and firmware-b43-lpphy-installer . I recommend the  Linux Wireless page as it has exceptionally good documentation. Post Installation - Sound Sound quality is actually better than under previous Linux distributions I've tried. So I wa...

It doesn't happen often (but I'd love to know why), but I lost by Xfce panel again today. Luckily this is easy to fix. Open a terminal (right mouse click) and re-start the panel with: xfce4-panel & Now that you have you're panel working make this permanent by removing current session information: rm -rf ~/.cache/sessions/ Logout and restart your session. One final hint, backup your Xfce4 settings! I alias the backup command and keep a local and remote copy of the generated archive: alias backupxfce='cd ~;tar jcvf Backups/xfce4.tar.bz2 .config/xfce4' This alias will create a  bzip2  archive.