Thank you all for your replies.
1. If I had a more powerful machine I and others would not be looking for an OS claiming to be suitable for older machines. So what you are now stating Jerry is that Linux lite is not suitable for older machines. I suggest you therefore change your publicity to state that reality so that users of older machines can look for a suitable OS for their older machines, which you are now indicating that Linux lite is not? In the installation process for Linux lite 3.8 it is stated on screen "...or for those who would like to revive older hardware." I suggest you need to remove that incorrect statement then and make it something like "only for powerful machines".
2. As I have already pointed out these particular 2 machines run Firefox and Thunderbird perfectly with the latest release of Ubuntu Mate. So Ubuntu Mate is suitable for older machines and everything runs perfectly but Linux llite evidently is not.
3. Hi Ottawagrant: yes I am using different video cards on each of these 2 32-bit PCs; but the NVidia card you refer to is a 1GB one on another 64-bit PC; that of course runs perfectly. The video cards on the 2 32-bit PCs are a 5i2 Mb GForce 6200 and a 128 Mb Radeon 9200SE; I am using the nouveau driver on both. I will try your tip and see whether that solves the problem. These PCs are of around 2003 vintage and were originally running XP..
1. If I had a more powerful machine I and others would not be looking for an OS claiming to be suitable for older machines. So what you are now stating Jerry is that Linux lite is not suitable for older machines. I suggest you therefore change your publicity to state that reality so that users of older machines can look for a suitable OS for their older machines, which you are now indicating that Linux lite is not? In the installation process for Linux lite 3.8 it is stated on screen "...or for those who would like to revive older hardware." I suggest you need to remove that incorrect statement then and make it something like "only for powerful machines".
2. As I have already pointed out these particular 2 machines run Firefox and Thunderbird perfectly with the latest release of Ubuntu Mate. So Ubuntu Mate is suitable for older machines and everything runs perfectly but Linux llite evidently is not.
3. Hi Ottawagrant: yes I am using different video cards on each of these 2 32-bit PCs; but the NVidia card you refer to is a 1GB one on another 64-bit PC; that of course runs perfectly. The video cards on the 2 32-bit PCs are a 5i2 Mb GForce 6200 and a 128 Mb Radeon 9200SE; I am using the nouveau driver on both. I will try your tip and see whether that solves the problem. These PCs are of around 2003 vintage and were originally running XP..