My first Ubuntu installation was 12.04 LTS about a month ago on the desktop PC detailed below. This worked well but I forgot that if it works don't try to fix it and I upgraded to 14.04 LTS. Unfortunately this gives frequent ...Internal Error ... messages and occasionally freezes. I was learning to live with these hiccups but the latest problem is that the graphics have some how degraded to looking quite "chunky" and movement of windows around the screen is very slow. My preferred solution for now would be to revert back from 14.04LTS to 12.04LTS. Is this possible?   System details: Processor: Intel® Core™2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz × 4 Graphics: VESA: G86 Board - p403h10  Monitor: Flatron L225WS  Many thanks, Arnie
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I just installed a new version of Ubuntu and I want to roll it back to the previous version.  How can I do that? Is that even possible?
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I am trying to install Ubuntu 11.10 on a Dell OPTIPLEX 3010 IvyBridge and when I start the setup, the screen goes awry with a lot of colored patterns.  Is there a way to start the installer in text mode or a graphical safe-mode?  On Ubuntu 11.04, it works well.
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Okay my question is that, I want to run a heavy application, on a Virtual Machine (VirtualBox) with just 2 GB RAM (Windows 7 32Bit Host has 4 GB, 3.5 GB effective). Initially I thought of installing Ubuntu Server 12.04.1, which doesn't come with a GUI, so I thought it would be efficient in performance, but I have only Ubuntu 12.04 Desktop.  My question is, is it possible to remove the GUI parts in Ubuntu 12.04 Desktop (Not Server), keeping only the core OS, after installation in a virtual machine?   Or, is there anyway to improve the performance of the OS?  If you need more information, I am ready to provide.  I don't want the GUI or anything, even a small terminal window is fine for me, I can access files through FTP.
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^^^^ Will Ubuntu GNOME upgrade to Ubuntu 18.04, or will support discontinue when 18.04 is released?? Just want to know what's better to run right now so I can upgrade and not have to reinstall later(I intend to see this transition through)-- GNOME installed correctly on vanilla Ubuntu, or Ubuntu GNOME?
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I have upgraded from Ubuntu 19.10 to 20.04, and now I have a problem with my graphics rendering (strange squares on background and font problems). I use the i915 driver. Graphics card: Skylake GT2 HD Graphics 520. I tried to reinstall GNOME shell and Xorg server. Nothing helped. Also Chrome browser breaks on most of pages.
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I am using Dell Ubuntu Mini 10 version of Ubuntu.  The problem is: I tried both 12.04 and 13.04, but both are extremely slow on this laptop.So I am now running 11.04 which is near it's End Of Life and will give no further support.  So what should I do now? Is there any better option than using 11.04?
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Since installing Ubuntu 12.04, I am experiencing low performance on graphic programs, including video playbacks, etc.   As I have checked the intel driver of mine is already at its latest version. It's really occuring meanwhile playback of videos or web-flash videos (youtube, etc) OS is being logged out automatically and just display an error reporting of Xorg windows for me. I can not actually playback hd videos with the normal frame rate as well. here are some initiation of my graphic card details :  *-display:0                 description: VGA compatible controller    product: Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller    vendor: Intel Corporation    physical id: 2    bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0    version: 07    width: 64 bits    clock: 33MHz    capabilities: msi pm vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom    configuration: driver=i915 latency=0    resources: irq:45 memory:f6c00000-f6ffffff memory:e0000000-efffffff ioport:efe8(size=8) *-display:1 UNCLAIMED    description: Display controller    product: Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller    vendor: Intel Corporation    physical id: 2.1    bus info: pci@0000:00:02.1    version: 07    width: 64 bits    clock: 33MHz    capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list    configuration: latency=0    resources: memory:f6b00000-f6bfffff   and the intel model:  00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Memory Controller Hub (rev 07) 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 07) 00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 07)   Edited: A little more information :  No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description:    Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS Release:    12.04 Codename:   precise   Username Info:  Linux amir-laptop 3.2.0-53-generic-pae #81-Ubuntu SMP Thu Aug 22 21:23:47 UTC 2013 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux   Xorg info :  ii  xserver-xorg-video-intel               2:2.17.0-1ubuntu4.4                       X.Org X server -- Intel i8xx, i9xx display driver
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I have a 5 year old notebook computer. It uses Windows XP, and as you might know, this OS now has no support at all. It has a 1.60GHz, 0.98GB of RAM.  What would you guys recommend me , in order for me to happily migrate from Windows XP to Ubuntu program.  I appreciate in advance any help you can provide me regarding this matter.  Regards
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I read on  that the netbook edition of Ubuntu was discontinued and that it is now integrated into the main distribution (as of 11.04).  I tried 11.04 on my new Samsung NC110-A06AU with 10.1" 1024x600 display. Most things worked out of the box, but some (like backlight power control) needed some  before they began to co-operate.  One thing that seems to be an ongoing problem is the resolution.  At 1024x600, most of the dialogue boxes run off the bottom of the screen, including the update manager. I have tried 11.10 beta 1 and it has the same problem.  Is there any way to fix this, or at least make it more usable? (I suspect not). Given the recent rise in popularity of netbooks, do you think Ubuntu will include a low-resolution-friendly version in the near future?  How well does KDE deal with these low resolutions? I noticed KDE Plasma has a netbook interface. Is it worth switching for that?
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Just got a Lenovo Thinkpad, installed Ubuntu 20.04, and below are the screenshots of my full screen when checking the display scale options for   100% scale: as you may see, the font/symbols are insanely tiny  200% scale: still pretty small, hence I had to roll with 300% (which is on a larger side, but there's no option for fractional scaling at 250%, it's only available between 100 and 200)    Does anyone know why that is happening? Why is scale of 100% looking so tiny as opposed to being a reasonable option as usual? Is it likely to be a Lenovo issue rather than Ubuntu 20.04? I'd used Ubuntu 16.04 &amp; 18.04 on Dell before (not 20.04 though), and it was never an issue. Or maybe it's due to resolution?
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So I just installed Ubuntu 16.04 on my Dell XPS 13. When I get to the login screen it starts at 3200x1800 for a quick second, then I get a way lower resolution like 800x600 but as soon as I login it adjusts to 3200x1800. How would I get 3200x1800 permanently on my login screen? I didn't have this issue on 14.04.
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Feeling disempowered by Ubuntu's new bug reporting policy/system. My Intel i5 machines have all experienced daily (if not more frequent) freezes, but it's very difficult to report bugs now and policy instead is just for ubuntu to collect counts; no way for me to see that anything is (or is not) being worked on.  I've just experienced a freeze and now on reboot I'm stuck in a cycle of "Ubuntu has an internal error" (presumably Ubuntu never experiences an external error...) do you want to report it? Yes. Oh another internal error...    It looks like this report could contain useful information. Is there anyway to make sure it gets provided to the people who can fix it?
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I have an Asus K55V and I'm wondering which version of Ubuntu I should be attempting to use. The website offers 12.04 (LTS) and 12.10.
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Everyday I check for updates on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. I updated to 4.4.0-65-generic today and now on everything I'm getting thick rainbow coloured lines around every dialog box in every program. My setup is pretty standard. Skylake i5-6500, Nvidia 950gtx. Does anyone know how to fix it?
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This is the third reinstall of Ubuntu 14.04 I have done today.  I just bought a laptop with an Core i3 processor and an Nvidia GeForce GT 840M graphics card.  I have installed the Nvidia driver using their .run file, and also following tutorials, and it just doesn't work. When I check in the terminal which GPU I am using it says "i915" instead of "nvidia".
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While upgrading from Ubuntu 14.04 LTS to 16.04 LTS, every process got done like Getting new packages, Installing upgrades, the last process  was Cleaning. Now, my PC is running fine on 16.04 but while turning it on and shutting it down, it is showing to clean and giving errors. Due to electricity problem, cleaning process while upgrading didn't went well.
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I just downloaded the latest version of the Ubuntu live CD, and have installed it on a desktop computer (a Fujitsu Scaleo P). Once installed it seems to work perfectly, although there are some updates recommended in the Update Manager.  My problem is that, after having installed these updates and restarted the computer, I get this message on my monitor, and no Ubuntu interface is visible:  frequency out of range - please change display mode   I do not know how to change this when I can't access an interface. Is there a command that will bypass trying to boot the GUI and let me change the display mode via a CLI? I am brand new to Ubuntu and any help on this would be much appreciated.