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Thanks for that thoughtful reply Aitch. <br>
<br>
At the moment I am almost totally satisfied with LXDF and as I am
sold on PCLOS with KDE 4.6 on my main desktop I really would like to
stick with PCLOS/LXDF on the old laptop. As I say, everything works
very well and I use LibreOffice which is much better than OOo. I
shall upgrade this laptop with some more RAM and a bigger HD later
in April so capacity isn't a problem. The only problem is accessing
the D-9 socket at the back for a second monitor. If I load PCLOS/KDE
4.6 on the laptop then the socket becomes available but it flickers
a lot. I now suspect that if I turn off the Compiz flashiness, then
the flickering will stop and it will be usable. But then it becomes
very slow because of the load imposed by KDE. <br>
<br>
Ideally I need a lightweight gui (I can't show other people's
PowerPoint presentations without a gui) and LibreOffice on a laptop
system which retains access to the D-9 socket.<br>
<br>
I'll look closely at your suggestions and see what I can achieve. I
appreciate your thinking about my problems.<br>
<br>
MikeR <br>
<br>
On 30/03/11 19:47, nic dan wrote:
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Hi Mike<br>
<br>
Puppy linux can use Open Office Impress/Powerpoint, though it is
recommended to use an .sfs instead of the usual .pet, as Oo is
very large - bigger than puppy itself [Puppy is around 120mb]<br>
The ndiswrapper is a bad way to connect a Belkin, and most
wifi/network adapters install directly, as do multiple monitors,
though sometimes there is a configuration tweak/resolution tweak
needed<br>
<br>
see <br>
<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=47597&sid=f2657e114aefa2176fd1cdd9bd750830">http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=47597&sid=f2657e114aefa2176fd1cdd9bd750830</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=63216&sid=81cb2aa61ea2dfa12f95d8194ad69ad3">http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=63216&sid=81cb2aa61ea2dfa12f95d8194ad69ad3</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=63251">http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=63251</a><br>
<br>
Many different window managers are possible, it is highly
configurable, and fast on older hardware/low ram/slow cpu boxes
-runs in ram, from CD or USB stick as a 'frugal install' or full
install on USB/harddrive<br>
<br>
Other windows progs can be run using Wine, if needed, but see<br>
<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/wiki/Linux_software_equivalent_to_Windows_software">http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/wiki/Linux_software_equivalent_to_Windows_software</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.linuxrsp.ru/win-lin-soft/table-eng.html">http://www.linuxrsp.ru/win-lin-soft/table-eng.html</a><br>
<br>
Try it!<br>
<br>
Aitch <br>
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> Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2011 15:57:54 +0100<br>
> From: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:michael.rentell@ntlworld.com">michael.rentell@ntlworld.com</a><br>
> To: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:kent@mailman.lug.org.uk">kent@mailman.lug.org.uk</a><br>
> Subject: [Klug-general] Second monitor driver for LXDF setup<br>
> <br>
> Afternoon all,<br>
> <br>
> I've junked WinXP on my old Tosh Satellite laptop and
replaced it with <br>
> Linux. I tried a few lightweight versions but eventually
settled on LXDF <br>
> from PCLinuxOS, mainly because it keeps all the simple tools
I'm used to <br>
> with PCLOS KDE 4.6.<br>
> <br>
> Everything works very nippily; even my Belkin PCMCIA wireless
network <br>
> card under ndiswrapper.<br>
> <br>
> The only thing that doesn't work is the second monitor which
should be <br>
> available via a D-9 socket on the back. There is an option in
<br>
> PCLOS-Control Centre/Configure Video Card/Options/Enable
Duplicate <br>
> Display on Duplicate Monitor. I've reset that but still
nothing visible <br>
> when I plug in a plasma screen with a D-9 plug, even after a
re-boot.<br>
> <br>
> I want to take this laptop to a symposium and use it to
display Impress <br>
> (and Pwrpnt!) presentations via a plasma screen available in
the auditorium.<br>
> <br>
> Anyone any idea how that might be achieved? Is there some
tweak or drive <br>
> I might try that isn't obvious to my ageing faculties?<br>
> <br>
> Just thought I'd ask.<br>
> <br>
> MikeR<br>
> <br>
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