On Mon, 22 Mar 2010 00:10:43 +0100 Julien Lavergne <gi...@ubuntu.com> wrote:
> Le dimanche 21 mars 2010 à 21:56 +0000, Phill Whiteside a écrit : > > I know that lubuntu's primary target group is low-spec computers, but > > it is such a lovely low resource hungry distro, I suggest that we also > > include a little 'something' to > > let people know that it is a 'full' distro. > I prefer to focus on the main goal of Lubuntu for now, we don't have a > big team, and the goal of Lubuntu is clearly not to be used for all the > uses cases covered by Ubuntu. We don't have enough people to do this. > > > > An example is mine, and a couple of others, using it as a great GUI > > for a server (We're running LAMP). > > > > > > As to some of the other things it can do, and do well, earlier we had > > a new lubuntu'eer on #lubuntu asking about configuring up a dual > > monitor system off their laptop. > > It was painless, once I found a nice easy > > 'How-To' http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=849197 > > > > > > Most laptops have an external monitor plug on them, and a lot of them > > can stretch to dual display. > > > > > > It took all of about 5 minutes, the result looks pretty good > > --> http://i44.tinypic.com/2u8uikz.png > > > > > > crazysoldier has said it is quite okay to use the screen-shot to show > > just how good & easy Lubuntu is. > Managing dual screen is a pain, because it depends on the drivers you > use. If you use a driver which use randr, a tool like the one in Ubuntu > should work. But for nvidia or ati users using the binary blob, it will > not work. There is no universal solution, even for Ubuntu. Knoppix (based on LXDE) has a modified Xrandr with 3 easy buttons to either choose to have both screens cloningmode on, screen 0 on only or screen 1 on only. The advanced Tab looks like the one we ship now. From the usability point of view this would be a better solution as we ship now. From the technical point of view: This will work out of the box with , intel, ati & nvidia cards (all using the opensource drivers , nvidia the new nouveau one). We should ship this one, if we find the source. I cannot find it on the knoppix repo. I guess it might be even a official lxrandr patch. > > > Another lubunteer, cousteau, has a patch for laptops so you can use > > the Fn key for the numeric keyboard that lives amongst the 789uiojklm > > keys without doing Fn-NumLock, it's a real small script that runs on > > startup if installed. > If it's working, it's not something that should be Lubuntu specific. And > it should be something in the configuration tool, not running by some > script at startup. > > Regards, > Julien Lavergne > > Multimediakeys should be supported. This are 3 lines of code in .Xmodmap in /etc/skel. This is really no pain in the ass. > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop > Post to : lubuntu-desktop@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop Post to : lubuntu-desktop@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
