[Discuss] installation problem

[Laura Conrad]

>>>>> "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.

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