Xubuntu Take-Over

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Cool. Will try that out...wait, is chromeOS available for download? I 
thought it was a "locked" OS, like OS X...

Thanks,

Tony

On 05/19/2014 12:54 AM, Damir B wrote:
> Hi Tony, hardware specs of the "old netbook"?
>
> Usually netbooks are heavily underpowered and I would definitely NOT 
> run a latest *nix distro on them as it would be a very poor experience 
> (even if everything DID work as expected). If it is what I think it is 
> (1GB RAM, Intel Atom etc style netbook) I would look into hacking 
> something like ChromeOS onto it instead as it is essentially only a 
> browser so it *should* be able to run that OK.
>
> Damir
>
> > Date: Sun, 18 May 2014 07:42:03 -0700
> > From: agents4jesus at gmail.com
> > To: ubuntu-quality at lists.ubuntu.com
> > Subject: Xubuntu Take-Over
> >
> > Hi, Tony here,
> >
> > I recently installed Xubuntu (as some of you may know) because my
> > old netbook couldn't handle Ubuntu's amazing graphics (sadly :-( ).
> > Well, it worked fine, things opened pretty fast and all that, but a
> > couple items are bothering me:
> >
> > One, the Lock screen doesn't work. It displays a Light Display
> > Manager, and it won't let me log in (the password is always 
> incorrect, I
> > haven't tried the su password yet, but still, you shouldn't have to put
> > the su password every time you lock the screen of a standard user...).
> >
> > Two, when I switched back to Ubuntu, whenever I lock the screen it
> > displays the beautiful lock screen, but if I put my password in, it has
> > me put it in again in a Xubuntu-style window.
> >
> > Three, now, whenever I log in, the computer wants me to report a
> > crash.
> >
> > Four, the computer often displays weird, distorted characters and
> > colors when I log in.
> >
> > Help!
> >
> > P.S. If this isn't the right list to ask about this problem, pls let me
> > know!
> >
> >
> >
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