Good ol' UNRELIABLE Lubuntu :(

[c. marlow]

On Fri, Jun 13, 2014 at 4:31 PM, Israel <israeldahl at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 06/13/2014 03:02 PM, Nio Wiklund wrote:
>> 2014-06-13 21:26, c. marlow skrev:
>>
>> Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU     E7500  @ 2.93GHz
>>
>>      *-memory
>>           description: System Memory
>>           physical id: 19
>>           slot: System board or motherboard
>>           size: 2GiB
>>         *-bank:0
>>              description: DIMM 800 MHz (1.2 ns)
>>              physical id: 0
>>              slot: A0
>>              size: 2GiB
>>              width: 64 bits
>>              clock: 800MHz (1.2ns)
>>
>>            *-display
>>                 description: VGA compatible controller
>>                 product: GK107 [GeForce GT 640]
>>                 vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
>>
>>            *-network
>>                 description: Ethernet interface
>>                 product: RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
>> Controller
>>                 vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
>>
>> -------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> This computer should run well with Lubuntu as well as with Xubuntu. You
>> may need the boot option nomodeset (and or some other boot options) to
>> get going, and if problems with the graphics card, you can try a
>> proprietary nvidia driver.
>>
>> Hibernating, sleeping, screen locking and such modes can have problems
>> in some computers. They might work better in Xubuntu than in Lubuntu. It
>> is worth trying. Or you can try to tweak your system. These things can
>> be hardware dependent, and it is hard to get a general system to work
>> with all kinds of hardware combinations.
>>
>> It is often a good idea to have the newest version of BIOS.
>>
>> Best regards
>> Nio
>>
>>
> I agree with Nio... try searching for stuff related to your graphics:
>
> GK107 [GeForce GT 640]
>
> nomodeset is a good idea to test it!  I had some issues running Lubuntu
> 13.10 on a computer until I used nomodeset... I think it also had NVidia
> graphics... though I am not entirely sure.  Nouveau has come a long way,
> but they work to support the newer cards, so sometimes, the older cards
> have compatibility broken in order to make newer cards work right.
>
>
> Otherwise,  2Gig is enough to run Xubuntu if you want to.  You can
> always install the LXDE components, and art.  You can also add the
> LXpanel to Thunar, and remove Xfce panel if you like.  I have run
> LXPanel and Thunar together successfully (since Thunar has really good
> volume management.. though PCManFm is catching up!)  Thunar is more
> tolerable now, too since it has tabs (finally).
>
> You can easily install all the Artwork, like Rafael's awesome icons, and
> the wallpapers, etc..
>
>
>
>
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>
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