Re: Lubuntu Version Fro Netbooks

2014-07-18 Thread Israel
Hi Basil, The graphics issue might simply be an Xorg configuration issue. You could try to force the screen resolution to be what you know it is. This page might help point you in the right direction https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/Config On 07/18/2014 02:29 AM, Basil Fernie wrote: > Hi Deborah, > >

Re: Lubuntu Version Fro Netbooks

2014-07-18 Thread Basil Fernie
Hi Deborah, I settled on Lubuntu quite a while ago as my favorite 'Buntu. But I have a few laptops/notebooks of various makes and vintages in the house being used by wife and children, and for them I have pretty well standardised on LXLE, which is in turn a Lubuntu derivative offering a som

Re: Lubuntu Version Fro Netbooks

2014-07-17 Thread Israel
On 07/17/2014 07:20 AM, Brendan Perrine wrote: > On Thu, 17 Jul 2014 13:58:19 -0500 > Israel wrote: > >> can run a Virtual Machine of XP to run Windows programs > I think running a virtual machine will be really slow with that processor as > it is slow as its an atom and does not support virtauli

Re: Lubuntu Version Fro Netbooks

2014-07-17 Thread Brendan Perrine
On Thu, 17 Jul 2014 13:58:19 -0500 Israel wrote: > can run a Virtual Machine of XP to run Windows programs I think running a virtual machine will be really slow with that processor as it is slow as its an atom and does not support virtaulization extensions. On my core 2 duo t6500 without virtua

Re: Lubuntu Version Fro Netbooks

2014-07-17 Thread Israel
On 07/17/2014 12:16 PM, Aere Greenway wrote: > On 07/17/2014 10:07 AM, Deborah P wrote: >> Since the Windows XP that was pre-installed is no longer supported I >> wanted to try an open source OS and Lubuntu was recommended. > Based on my experience with my Windows test machines (including two > tha

Re: Lubuntu Version Fro Netbooks

2014-07-17 Thread Aere Greenway
On 07/17/2014 10:07 AM, Deborah P wrote: Since the Windows XP that was pre-installed is no longer supported I wanted to try an open source OS and Lubuntu was recommended. Based on my experience with my Windows test machines (including two that still have XP), as long as you don't browse the Inte

Re: Lubuntu Version Fro Netbooks

2014-07-17 Thread Aere Greenway
On 07/17/2014 10:07 AM, Deborah P wrote: Hi, I have a Toshiba NB205 Netbook with an Intel Atom N280 CPU and 2 GB RAM. Since the Windows XP that was pre-installed is no longer supported I wanted to try an open source OS and Lubuntu was recommended. I've looked at some of the forum posts and s

Re: Lubuntu Version Fro Netbooks

2014-07-17 Thread Phill Whiteside
13.10 support ended today :) Regards, Phill. On 17 July 2014 10:13, Brendan Perrine wrote: > On Thu, 17 Jul 2014 09:07:48 -0700 > Deborah P wrote: > > > version of Lubuntu is best suited for my netbook. Can > The Standard 32 bit is what will work with your processor as that intel > atom is 3

Re: Lubuntu Version Fro Netbooks

2014-07-17 Thread Brendan Perrine
On Thu, 17 Jul 2014 09:07:48 -0700 Deborah P wrote: > version of Lubuntu is best suited for my netbook. Can The Standard 32 bit is what will work with your processor as that intel atom is 32 bit and not one of the mac options. The newest version 14.04 is long term support and will be supported

Lubuntu Version Fro Netbooks

2014-07-17 Thread Deborah P
Hi, I have a Toshiba NB205 Netbook with an Intel Atom N280 CPU and 2 GB RAM. Since the Windows XP that was pre-installed is no longer supported I wanted to try an open source OS and Lubuntu was recommended. I've looked at some of the forum posts and still can't determine which version of Lubuntu