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yes, so changed to Linux Mint - and now Libre looks all different. the menus are almost totally unreadable - icons in very pale colours so close to impossible to see and use. wasn't like that in win.
very pale blue on light grey backlighted - I don't stand a chance
@freyaanduin Well, that's due to the theme that the Linux distribution chooses. At least for the icons, you can change them to something else via Tools > Options, and then Appearance > Icons.
in Danish, it's in 'funktioner', indstillinger, vis - and 'colibre svg' works. settings within Libre. thanks. it helped to know it could be changed, so I kept looking.
any suggestions what to do about text looking strange - rather hard to read, too. like handwritten with ink - not even strokes. nothing similar elsewhere in other apps or menus or...
@freyaanduin Not sure, but it certainly shouldn't look like that. It seems that anti-aliasing is disabled somehow, but you'd need to ask the Linux Mint community about that!
the Mint lot don't really know. 'would it help to uninstall and reinstall Libre - and if so which version? (haven't 'moved in' yet, so won't matter much)
got myself a 25.8.2.2 instead and fiddled with the settings once again in the fonts panel (not the LIbre one) apparent settings are to be as shown here - the lower ones. that worked. just if anyone else is asking
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I agree. But it's closer to perfection than Windows
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LibreOffice - yes (asked my computer chap about it today)
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in reply to LibreOffice • • •I already migrated to linux 15 years ago.
Come on in, the water is great.
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in reply to LibreOffice • • •yes, so changed to Linux Mint - and now Libre looks all different. the menus are almost totally unreadable - icons in very pale colours so close to impossible to see and use. wasn't like that in win.
very pale blue on light grey backlighted - I don't stand a chance
LibreOffice
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in reply to LibreOffice • • •thanks. it helped to know it could be changed, so I kept looking.
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in reply to LibreOffice • • •I'll ask the Mint crowd
Freya Anduin, author
in reply to LibreOffice • • •'would it help to uninstall and reinstall Libre - and if so which version?
(haven't 'moved in' yet, so won't matter much)
Freya Anduin, author
in reply to LibreOffice • • •apparent settings are to be as shown here - the lower ones. that worked.
just if anyone else is asking