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[Julien Lavergne <gilir@xxxxxxxxxx>]

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.

> 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