Glad you are still sticking with Linux. As distros become more feature rich and popular (like Ubuntu), they will stop working on older hardware. It's the nature of the beast. Linux was famed for working well on older hardware, and it's still true to a point. It sometimes means you can run the latest and greatest. You might think about trying another distro. Mandriva 2010 just came out, and they tote lightweight desktops for netbooks (might run good on your laptop)
http://wiki.mandriva.com/en/2010.0_Tour#Netbook_friendly Jeremiah E. Bess Network Ninja, Penguin Geek, Father of four On Sat, Nov 7, 2009 at 07:08, bob_in_oakridge <[email protected]> wrote: > > I have been using Linux for the better part of two years.Swore off > using Windows.With the release of Ubuntu 9.10 I am quickly losing my > patience with it.I ran 9.04 on an older Compaq Presario 2700 laptop.It > worked great.I upgraded the other day and now on both my laptop and > desktop I have no Compiz effects.That and on the laptop AWN no longer > works.I get nothing but a box of lines.Same with Gnome Do.If I install > Xcompmgr the entire screen gets covered with said lines.I have Googled > this issue and apparently my video cards are too old.I tried to > configure the xorg file only to find out the new release doesnt use > one.So for now I am back to using Windows 7 on my laptop and I still > have Ubuntu 9.10 on my desktop.I am not here asking for a solution > just to vent.I am sure I will get the usual replies that I should > stick with Windows,blah blah blah.From what I have read Ubuntu 9.10 is > Linux version of Windows Vista. > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users Group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit our group at http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
