[Discuss] installation problems

[jdm at moylan.us (dan moylan)]

laura writes:
>>>>> "dan" == dan moylan <jdm at moylan.us> writes:


    dan> i put xubuntu 12.04/xfce on my asus and was quite pleased --
    dan> no problems -- think i'll stay with it until i see something
    dan> better.

    dan> however, when i installed it on my acer aspire, i must have
    dan> screwed up somehow.  when i tried to login via the gui, it
    dan> went off into never, never land -- blue xubuntu screen, no
    dan> response from anything.

> My experience of xubuntu over the last year or two is that
> it doesn't have a big enough population to support testing
> for things like making laptop graphics or power management
> work.  Actually, my last install was on my new desktop and
> there was a bug with the grub installation which had been
> fixed a month previously in ubuntu but the fix hadn't gotten
> into xubuntu.

> I have been experimenting with linux mint and lubuntu.
> Linux mint 12 was quite good (and is what is currently on my
> desktop), but linux mint 13 decided to try new stuff, none
> of which is usable on both my laptops.  Lubuntu 12.4 works
> well on my Acer Aspire, but has power management problems on
> the ancient ThinkPad.

> So I'm currently planning on lubuntu 12.4LTS on the desktop
> when I get annoyed enough at Mint 12, but at the moment it's
> not bad enough to justify a reinstall of the desktop.

thanks for the info on lubuntu; sounded worth a try so i put
it on my asus.  looks promising, but is there some way to
get rid of those desktop tabs at the top and all the icon
clutter?

tia,
ole dan

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