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   Date: Sat, 3 Feb 2007 07:50:23 -0600   
   From: noalternative    
   Newsgroups: alt.os.linux.ubuntu   
   Subject: Re: Serious hardware problems   
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   On Sat, 03 Feb 2007 14:21:14 +0100   
   Xunil Resu  wrote:   
      
   > 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.    
      
   I have an amd k6-2 with a sis1949 16 isa.  I had no problems with my   
   monitor or soundcard.   
      
   >Can I go back and forth between the two desktops?    
      
   Yes   
      
   I already had   
   > a look at Ubuntu and Xubuntu, but neither recognized my monitor and I   
   > was stuck with 800x600-60Hz.   
      
   https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FixVideoResolutionHowto   
      
   >    
   > >> 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.   
      
   http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=184838   
      
      
   >    
   > > Here is the soundcard howto   
   > >    
   > > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HowToSetupSoundCards   
   >    
   > That's far too complex for me.   
      
   sorry   
   >    
   > 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.   
      
   The hardware problems are becoming less numerous with each day, and   
   there is a learning curve with every os.  I suspect the the learning   
   curve for for Vista will be just as high as ubuntu.   
   >    
   > Thanks for the reply.   
   >    
   > Xunil Resu   
   >    
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