Hi - thanks for the input - I forgot I asked this but came back to the forum because of the same issue
I think it's a screen resolution issue - if I use game editor in Windows (XP) on the same machine I get a bigger menu/screensize - enough so my eyes aren't straining.
The linux version seems to read the screen smaller or something. I've just upped the screen resolution - or actually decreased it to 1024 x 758 from 1280x1024 - and now the linux menu is ok to read.
I don't understand what's going on in the software code but I think I'll ask over on the linux section in case anyone knows. For now I'll use this 'fix' -
Thanks again.
