Lubuntu Version Fro Netbooks

[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,
>
> 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
> somewhat-XP like interface (I nearly said "user experience", but it's
> much nicer) as an option. It is aimed particularly at old, low-spec
> hardware.
>
> It tends to be a little more frugal with resources than Lubuntu
> itself, and just seems a little slicker and easier for the
> not-too-computer-literate to use without bugging me for help. Check
> Distrowatch and its recent Weekly magazine.
>
> The line-up of laptops includes a couple of Thinkpads, a Mecer, a
> Fujitsu-Siemens, the Lenovo G585 on which I write this, and I had a
> Compaq which was stolen from my car. The only machine I have where
> there are any problems with LXLE is an Acer Aspire One which uses an
> Intel Atom 2520 CPU and 2GB RAM. There is a problem with the screen
> size being reported in a way that confuses the driver system resulting
> in only the top half of the screen being used after login - VGA is
> fine. Hopefully I'll find a solution for the LXLE driver problem and
> get everybody on te same page. (Lubuntu itself has a similar problem.) 
>
> On this machine I therefore use the CrunchBang distro, descended from
> Debian, and very minimalist. On another machine I was able to install
> the Lubuntu interface on top of CB, but decided I preferred the
> minimalist version and haven't bothered to try it again on the Acer,
> but it could be worth the try.
>
> Just my 2-bits' worth.
>
> Basil
>
>
>
> On Thu, 17 Jul 2014 18:07:48 +0200, Deborah P
> <avisualthinker at gmail.com> 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 still can't determine
>     which version of Lubuntu is best suited for my netbook. Can you
>     please tell me which version I need?
>
>     Thanks,
>     Deborah
>
>
>
>
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