Thread: use windows ? read this asap..

Thanks Pedro.

Re Win 8 I have no idea what you are talking about.

I've spent all of last evening trying to get a laptop to run with Linux. I'm at the point of kicking it out the window. Windows is so much easier to install.

It seems that my Toshiba laptop video card/system doesn't like Puppy Linux. After lots of searching, I see that nearly everyone has had the same problem. It will run in 640x 480 mode only. It's fine in 1080x1024 under Windows XP. I'd be happy with 800x600 for what I want to do. At 640x480, the Linux windows don't fit and they don't have scrollbars to make them usable.

I'll try another Linux distro but I'm not hopeful as I only have 132Mb RAM and a 4Gb HDD

Unfortunately, XP is too bloated for this laptop so I was hoping for something smaller. I'm gunna have to try loading Windows 98 (if I can find a full install disk).

I only want to run a couple of small monitoring programs.

If you're looking for a light / small distro, I'd take a look at installing Xubuntu if you're relatively new to linux, CrunchBang if you have a bit more linux knowledge or Archlinux if you're more toward the expert end.

Need a hand, give me a yell.