marjaerwin

I had to use the alternate install cd because the standard install cd expected an internet connection. When I was still installing.

Anyway, I've sorted through some bugs - finally got the psmouse patch installed and the touchpad under control [for some reason, the mouse settings do not cover touchpads; I installed Pointing Devices, but it won't show in the menus; I finally installed Synaptiks.]

I still need to get the screen brightness down. I use a dark background but white web-pages like LiveJournal are too bright/painful here.

I installed Evolution, at first because I was trying to fix the import bugs with Thunderbird, but finally as my main email application. Thunderbird is not stable and following the official instructions to import from Evolution to Thunderbird will at best leave the imported messages inaccessible and at worse leave Thunderbird crashing every time you try to open it. The official instructions are here: http://support.mozillamessaging.com/en-US/kb/switching-thunderbird?#w_importing-evolution-contacts

A day later:

The system clock is still broken. The screen is still too bright. The Applications menu is still not displaying Pointing Devices or KCharSelect, both of which I've installed. Something is going wrong with LibreOffice. And I'm just getting frustrated with Xubuntu.