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   From: Xunil Resu    
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   Subject: Re: Serious hardware problems   
   Date: Sat, 03 Feb 2007 14:21:14 +0100   
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   On Fri, 02 Feb 2007 21:27:02 -0600, noalternative wrote:   
      
   > Kubuntu is not the best ubuntu for a beginner like yourself.  Also, if   
   > your pc is real old you maybe better off with xubuntu.  Try sudo apt-get   
   > install xubuntu_desktop , boot in to an xfce-session and see if you   
   > aren't happier.   
      
   I don't know what's "really old", but I guess a PIII600 and an Intel 440BX   
   chipset is rather old, and a Sound Blaster 16 (ISA) is very old. Can I go   
   back and forth between the two desktops? I already had a look at Ubuntu   
   and Xubuntu, but neither recognized my monitor and I was stuck with   
   800x600-60Hz.   
      
   >> 1. I have a very ordinary printer (HP laserjet 1010) for which I   
   >> installed the driver, but it won't print.   
   >    
   > There should be some sort of program for setting up printers in your   
   > applications menu.   
      
   Well, there is in KDE Control. I installed the driver from the lis given,   
   but the printer does not respond to print commands from applications. Also   
   I noticed that the driver is rather linited, e.g. it does not offer the   
   option to print more than 1 page on a sheet.   
      
   > Here is the soundcard howto   
   >    
   > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HowToSetupSoundCards   
      
   That's far too complex for me.   
      
   I want to use applications not become a Linux OS expert.   
      
   Last year I had a look at PCLinuxOS, also with hardware problems. It's   
   beginning to look like Linux is not for me right now. I regret that as I   
   am fed up with M$ after Vista, or more correctly since they dropped   
   Windows 2000.   
      
   Thanks for the reply.   
      
   Xunil Resu   
      
      
      
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