Netbook Resolution too small -- Not a problem

Some applications, especially games, simply will not run when that encounter an exotic resolution. Even ones that support resolutions smaller than the one you have (its oddly expected you will run the app and adjust the resolution to a smaller one, even though the app will not run). This is easy to fix using Linux. You can use this to run stubborn DOS & Windows applications as well using emulation (DOSbox & wine respectively). Here are some instructions for an LCD screen on a netbook with a flashing native resolution of 1024x576 (not 1024x600). This example sets a virtual resolution of 1024x600 which is suitable to satisfy most 800x600 minimum apps. If you don'r have it, you'll need to install xrandr (in x11-xserver-utils)
Open a Linux Terminal (its on the GUI menu if you are not in one already)
type the line below:
xrandr --output LVDS1 --mode 1024x576 --fb 1024x600 --panning 1024x600

Done. There are 24 lines of resolution you can see in this arrangement (the top and/or on the bottom bits of the screen), but you may scroll this as needed by moving the Linux cursor to the edge that's hidden. If the app does not let you do this, then scroll the screen into an optimal view port _before_ running it. This trick can cause problems for apps that are expecting the computer to be set to its native resolution. So here is how to change back:

xrandr --output LVDS1 --mode 1024x576 --fb 1024x576

This works for even large minimum screen sizes, and for horizontal scrolling as well. 

Child's Play Charity shows Gamers Really Are Antisocial and Violent

Child's Play Charity was founded to improve the lives of sick children by donating toys and games to hospitals worldwide and as a rebuttal to those accusing gamers of being anti social and violent. How ironic that they give them things that are fun and bring them happiness on the condition that they must not try to understand how it works, must not try to improve it, discouraged from contributing to it, and above all they must not share it with their neighbor. I'm talkig of course about proprietary software. Most games that are copyrighted and by default; unsharable; because it is import to set that example to children at an early age¡ Were this the only way to bring joy into the lives of any children, then it would have to be so. But there's a better way. But children can be given games that are fun, bring them happiness and teach them how to be an improvement to society rather than a selfish cog in it. Games that encourage them to understand how they said games work. Games that encourage them to make improvements to said games. And most important of all, games that they can freely share their own sake's as well as the sake of their neighbor.
So am I saying "Think of the children"? Not at all; JAVA for children, lets think of everybody!
We don't need some organized charity, just people. He's how:
You, that is the reader, YOU, download the lite version of live.linuX-gamers.net (lite edition is sure not to offend anyone). You can get it at live.linuX-gamers.net. I STRONGLY recommend use the torrent download from the top of the list there. Write it to a CD-R using Infra recorder for Windows, Applications → Utilities → Disk Utility for Mac, or Brasero for Linux (or your preference). Write "Share Freely" on the disk. Give it to a child. Repeat.