Checking some settings. Setting mouse speed and Screen resolution in Ubuntu

Well, the installation of Ubunt has gone pretty well.

I definetly needed to slow the mouse down on the touch pad. It was waaay too fast.

From the Desktop, which I’m told is something called “Gnome” that may be important later, click the “Sytem Menu” then “Preferences” then “Mouse”. GO to the motion tab and set the acceleration and sesntitivity where they are comforatble for you. It appears the system responds immediately as you adjust the sliders, so set the sliders where you want and just click “close”.

The screen resolution on this old laptop ain’t great either. Kinda jagged. Turns out that Ubuntu only give me two options for screen res, 640×480 and 800×600. Get there via “System” then “Preferences” then “Screen Resolution”.

You can try to smooth out the jagged fonts via “System”  “Font”, but on my 800×600 display, everything is pretty jagged.

The sound preferences are at “System” “Sound”, but alas, the screen is too big for an 800×600 display. So I can’t see the bottom of the window.