I have reached the same conclusion re the drivers, but not really sure how to solve it - I did try all the other drivers I could find - but they were all flaky for one reason or another - hopefully new versions will be available at some point in the future…
Its funny how 10.04 runs “its” drivers in such a way as to cause no visible problems. Given some time to “play”, I would quite like to use a supported base, and then a simple and light (version) of an appropriate windows manager…
Why not see if the Lubuntu 14.04 daily build LiveCD/LiveUSB works (in “Live” mode) … if it does, just wait till April when it goes “full release” … if Lubutnu 14.04 works, Peppermint 5 will too.
Bare in mind that’s still an Alpha … but may give you an idea about the graphics.
How were the graphics in “Live” mode under 12.04 ?
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Oh just to let you know I got a very cheap mp3 player from ebay ( under £3.00 !) and it works perfectly! Quick and easy to be recognised on my Peppermint laptop and easy to load mp3s onto it. 
No, just normal phones- I have 3- got given one of them lol…not into mobile phones at all. One is for the job centre as I don’t like them having my main number, the main one I got given, and the other one was a cheapo five quid one I bought when doing agency work.
Another question…when I save mp3 music files to the mp3 player it does not save the complete music if it is fairly long ( I am saving classical music)- is there a certain length of mp3 that cannot be saved in its entirety on an mp3 player?
Not that I’m aware of
How odd. I cannot see anything in the manual about mp3 length either.
I’ve had mp3’s that are 2 hours long on a CD before, no problem there. There shouldn’t be a theoretical limit of file size unless you run out of space on the device. There MIGHT be a limit on number of files, but normally it set such that you shouldn’t hit it unless each of your files are only like 2 seconds long, for the entire capacity of the device (so several thousand files).
As a workaround, you could use Audacity to chop the big file into several little ones. I can help you do this if you like?
Oh thanks Chemical fan! If they could be chopped at the end of the movements ( these are classical music files) that’s be great…
There is room on the MP3 so it’s an odd one this!
Audacity should be in the repositories - look for it in Software Manager
Here’s the wiki page - Audacity (audio editor) - Wikipedia
As you can see, when you import an mp3 into it, it shows you the waveform. You can zoom in, and highlight sections of it, and there are options to trim the selected section and outside the selected section. Once you’ve isolated the part you want, just export it as a new mp3 (might take a little while on the netbook, plus the screen is small - I’d try this on your other machine), then rinse and repeat for each track.
It’s great for making mobile phone ringtones too
Thanks for that- I’ll have a go.
Kinda goes without saying, but don’t overwrite the original file!
Also, the default save filetype is an Audacity file, which can’t be played anywhere other than Audacity - the mp3 export is a seperate option (or at least, it used to be…)
Yes, that all does sound rather tricky…will try one at the weekend…got boring grocery shop to do now…