[Wiltshire] Request for help - Ubuntu 14.04

[John Carlyle-Clarke]

Hi Derek-

I've had problems before when trying to run Linux on a box with S3
Unichrome graphics, in that they are pretty terrible graphics cards and
modern desktops tend to require decent GPU support for the fancy effects
(Windows 7 is no different).

I'd suggest, given the specs of the machine, that you try a more
lightweight distro. You have many (many, many...) options, but here are a
few:-

   - Lubuntu (Ubuntu remix with the LXDE desktop)
   - Xubuntu (Ubuntu remix with the XFCE desktop)
   - Linux Mint MATE (Mint is closely related to Ubuntu. MATE is their fork
   of the older Gnome 2 desktop) http://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=2627
   - Linux Mint XFCE (Mint with XFCE, obviously)

Of these, I'd recommend Mint/MATE by personal preference, and I think it's
the most beginner-friendly of the above ... but you can download and burn
live CD's or USBs for all of these and try them out without installing

If you only have access to a working Windows machine at the moment, you can
use UNetBootin to make bootable USB sticks -
http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/

(Note, for some of the Mint versions above, you may need to download the
ISO and then tell UNetBootin to use it.  I don't know if it includes the
various Mint versions in the distros that it knows about).

Good luck!

John



On 3 September 2014 15:06, <amanglo at utvinternet.com> wrote:

>  Hello,
>
> A complete Linux novice, I recently installed ubuntu 14.04 LTS (from Live
> CD purchased from Canonical) - and downloaded 330.2 Mb of updates - on my
> desktop. The idea was to remove dependence on XP, which was done very
> effectively as XP was wiped completely by the installation of ubuntu. This
> was unintended - the hoped-for result was to have XP and ubuntu 'side by
> side'.
>
>  The ubuntu program operates VERY slowly, often in jerks. Everything -
> typing, browsing, opening and closing programs - is ultra-slow.
>
>  If anyone can suggest a fix I shall be grateful.
>
>  The PC details are:
> AMD64 Athlon processor, 3.2 GHz. 120Gb hard disc. 4Gb installed RAM.
> Graphics card VIA S3 UniChrome Pro KT8237.
>
>  Selecting "System Settings" > "Details" produces -
> Memory 1.4Gb
>
>  Entering 'top' at the terminal produces  -  kiB Memory 1468416, kiB Swap
> 1505276,
>
>  Thanks - Derek
> Graphics Gallium 0.4 on llvmpipe (LLVM 3.4, 128 bits)
> Processor  AMD Athlon (tm) 64 3200+
> OS Type 64 bit
> Disk 119.4 Gb
>
>
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