newbie seeking advice - Printable Version

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Re: newbie seeking advice - SteveSpillage - 08-04-2015

Cheers guys, it's very encouraging that you all seem to be saying the same sort of thing. I had read on other sites that the graphics/sound couldn't be changed but wanted to make sure, I'll go for a 2 gb RAM upgrade and have a read up on swapping HDD for SSD.
(Sorry, one of the big problems I have is with video/audio. On a bad day you tube is just a bunch of stills in between buffering and the audio can be just as laggy with it.)

Re: newbie seeking advice - torreydale - 08-04-2015

@SteveSpillage

Yeah, I figured YouTube would be a problem with this system. I hate to encourage a newbie to install a program outside of the vetted repositories, but in this case you might want to try installing Minitube as a workaround. The version in the repository is old and not working. I've found downloading the *.deb file from their website does the trick for me.

flavio.tordini.org/minitube

Maybe this will allow you to view YouTube better.

P.S. Before installing Minitube, you might also want to consider this thread: https://www.freecinema2022.gq/forums/installing-linux-lite/(solved)-using-youtube-on-older-machines/

P.S.S. Once you get the machine to 2GB of RAM, you might also want to see how YouTube performs using Google Chrome. You can install it via Menu->System->Lite Software.

Re: newbie seeking advice - torreydale - 08-04-2015

I don't want to assume. Did you also try the Additional Drivers option? Menu->Settings->Install Drivers. Does the Additional Drivers tab provide you any other options?

Re: newbie seeking advice - Wirezfree - 08-04-2015

@ stevespillage

Is your broadband speed O.K..?? http://www.speedtest.net/

To get a feel for your graphics there are a few tests:
glxgears, not sure if this is standard, open a terminal and type

Code:
glxgears

if it's not there
Go to Menu > System > Install/Remove S/W and search for mesa-utils and install it, try the above again, to stop it ctrl-c in the terminal window.

Also,
You can try glmark2
open a terminal and type

Code:
sudo apt-get install glmark2

then type

Code:
glmark2

Let it run, it may fail if graphics not up to snuff,
Otherwise, from what I read, 500+ gives reasonable performance for day to day normal use, high end cards can be 1000's

If you want to take this further it maybe better to open new thread in: Hardware > Video Cards
Save hogging the "Introductions"

Re: newbie seeking advice - paul1149 - 08-04-2015

For youtube, other possibilities would be to try a different browser, and to turn the hardware acceleration option off. Also, html5 may work better than straight flash.