Good ol' UNRELIABLE Lubuntu :(

[Henk Terhell]

My overall experience with Lubuntu is very positive.
A few months ago I almost dumped my Acer Travelmate 4070 laptop (about 7 
years old)  that I own (besides an i7 Win 8 desktop).
Not only there is the security issue, but Win XP had become extremely 
slow and no longer usable, even after clean-up and defragmenting.
Upgrading to Win 7 or 8 was not possible due to the hardware specs. 
Thanks to Lubuntu 14.04 this laptop now works very smoothly and saved me 
buying a new one.

The major obstacle of Lubuntu 14.04 for a new user coming from XP -   as 
I experienced - is getting sound working.

Henk

Israel schreef op 13-6-2014 14:22:
> On 06/13/2014 01:11 AM, c. marlow wrote:
>> Hi Folks,
>>
>> So I accidentally dozed off and went to bed. I LEFT the PC ON.... Just
>> turned the screen off.... Just now woke up at 12:30 its now 1:09 AM
>> and I decided to check on something. I turned the screen on, moved the
>> mouse.... NOTHING.... Screen stayed black and went to sleep. I jigged
>> the mouse, started pressing keys on the KB nothing....  I knew it was
>> froze up because I could hit CAPS LOCK and the light would never turn
>> on, Had to power off and back on...
>>
>> I am just tempted to go back to windows. give up on this Linux Crap.
>>
>> Christopher
>>
>> Im using 14.04
>>
> Hi Chris,
> I am sorry you are having some issues...  this is very unfortunate.  I
> also understand the frustration, because computers can be very frustrating.
> I actually had the same frustrations last time I used Windows (Vista).
> All OS can have frustrating problems from time to time.
> Fortunately this is a community OS, and you do not have to wait on the
> phone for hours just to get told that no one can help :)
>
> I have never had this exact problem before... however, I am going to
> guess that it is related to your power management issue.
>
> Did you update the BIOS before you installed Lubuntu?  I have had some
> acpi problems with a non-updated BIOS.  And also, if you have an AMD
> chip, it can help to use the 64bit version, even if your computer has
> <4Gig RAM.  I had a 64bit computer with less than 4Gig RAM, that
> couldn't use the power management at all when running the 32bit OS.  I
> had to add a kernel parameter to even boot.  And I didn't like using it
> because it turned off ACPI.
>
> There is a saying in FLOSS: "Use whatever works for you."
> You may try using another flavor of Linux before giving up completely on
> it.  I find some computers work better with different spins of Ubuntu,
> even.  Lubuntu's components are tweaked to run on a more specific
> hardware set so it can run fast when no other modern OS will run at all.
>
> We are here to help if you want our help, and want to continue working
> toward using libre software.  For me, knowing my OS was libre(free)
> meant that I would not let the challenges defeat me.  I have installed
> Lubuntu/Xubuntu/Ubuntu on many computers, and faced MANY challenges.
> But I become determined, and work through the problem.  I have never not
> found a solution.  Some are just harder than others.
>
> If you want our help, we are here!  We are the community, this is why we
> all signed up to this list :D
>