Posted by Toby Inkster on 09/15/05 20:25

rf wrote:
> Toby Inkster wrote:
>
>> That said, VMWare allows you to create a virtual screen for the guest
>> OS of any resolution you want, and the Linux/UNIX version of vncserver
>> allows you to run an X server at any size you want, as does Xnest.
>
> I had a notebook once that did that. Worse than horizontal scrollbars on a
> browser. Made me dizzy!
> I could *not* imagine using my CAD package on such a virtual screen.

I was actually meaning virtual screens that are *smaller* than the real
screen (though larger ones are possible too). That way one can achieve the
desired 1027x760 screen on, say, a 1280x1024 screen.

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