An update a few days ago states that users are now able to access a graphical user interface for editing xorg.conf (though only for graphic and display settings). This tool also has dual monitor support. You can turn one monitor on or off, or both, change the available resolutions, orientations, and set mirror or extended desktops.

Part of Ubuntu 7.10’s Bullet Proof X blueprint that states in a general sense, that if X fails to start for whatever reason, then it will fall back to a failsafe mode with this GUI running to help get going again.

There is certainly room for improvement with X as 7.3 releases, but whether this will make it into Ubuntu 7.10 in time is unknown. Feature freeze is now in effect; it was broken for an X update in the past.

I’ll be keeping an eye on this as I’m not an Ubuntu user, but becoming a little more interested with each update that I’m seeing. Regardless, I don’t think I’ll ever let Debian go, but that’s another story.

I am a big fan of FireFox and have used it for quite some time on my macbook. Back when I did not have the ability to block pop-up ads or any other annoying website features, I was constantly remaining disgusted and annoyed while visiting some websites. When I visit a website, I am there for a reason and I don’t want to be pestered with pop-ups or annoying ads that like to follow your mouse all over the site….so I block them and I feel that I have every right to do so. I pay for my internet access every month, I bought my laptop, and I choose to view only what I want to. So why is it fair for others to get upset and attempt to control what *I* pay for every month because they can’t come up with a less intruding way to market their product?

These people are and have been upset because we choose to limit their marketing ability by blocking their annoying pop-up ads. Seems to me that if my marketing tactics were becoming less and less effective, I’d invent a new and improved way to market my product without forcing consumers to do it my way.

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