Finally trying XFCE 18.3

[Tomgin5]

I picked up several really old Dell mini Inspirion 910 notebooks for $0.00. Most only have 8 GB of SSD but 2 have 16 GB. I tried Cinnamon 32 but there is n0t quite enough room on the SSD to run without fatal crashing on reboot. XFCE runs and seems fairly stable. The only thing so far is I have forgotten how to move the window up enough to click the "OK"on the "Update manager". I had the same issue a few years ago on another small screen computer. Someone mentioned a very quick fix but I have forgotten it.

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tom@tom-Inspiron-910 ~ $ inxi -Fxzd
System:    Host: tom-Inspiron-910 Kernel: 4.10.0-38-generic i686 (32 bit gcc: 5.4.0)
           Desktop: Xfce 4.12.3 (Gtk 2.24.28) Distro: Linux Mint 18.3 Sylvia
Machine:   Mobo: Dell model: CN0J14 v: A04 Bios: Dell v: A04 date: 12/29/2008
CPU:       Single core Intel Atom N270 (-HT-) cache: 512 KB
           flags: (nx pae sse sse2 sse3 ssse3) bmips: 3191
           clock speeds: max: 1600 MHz 1: 1067 MHz 2: 1600 MHz
Graphics:  Card: Intel Mobile 945GSE Express Integrated Graphics Controller
           bus-ID: 00:02.0
           Display Server: X.Org 1.18.4 drivers: intel (unloaded: fbdev,vesa)
           Resolution: 1024x600@60.07hz
           GLX Renderer: Mesa DRI Intel 945GME x86/MMX/SSE2
           GLX Version: 1.4 Mesa 17.0.7 Direct Rendering: Yes
Audio:     Card Intel NM10/ICH7 Family High Definition Audio Controller
           driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:1b.0
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k4.10.0-38-generic
Network:   Card-1: Broadcom BCM4312 802.11b/g LP-PHY
           driver: wl bus-ID: 03:00.0
           IF: wlp3s0 state: up mac: <filter>
           Card-2: Realtek RTL8101/2/6E PCI Express Fast/Gigabit Ethernet controller
           driver: r8169 v: 2.3LK-NAPI port: 2000 bus-ID: 04:00.0
           IF: enp4s0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 19.1GB (46.4% used)
           ID-1: /dev/sda model: STT_FEM16GFDL size: 15.3GB
           ID-2: USB /dev/sdb model: Patriot_Memory size: 3.9GB
           Optical: No optical drives detected.
Partition: ID-1: / size: 13G used: 5.4G (44%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1
           ID-2: swap-1 size: 1.06GB used: 0.13GB (12%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sda5
RAID:      No RAID devices: /proc/mdstat, md_mod kernel module present
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 56.0C mobo: N/A
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info:      Processes: 171 Uptime: 30 min Memory: 577.1/990.1MB
           Init: systemd runlevel: 5 Gcc sys: 5.4.0
           Client: Shell (bash 4.3.481) inxi: 2.2.35 
tom@tom-Inspiron-910 ~ $ 

[karlchen]

Hi, TomGin5.

In order to move the Update Manager window up a bit so that the [OK] [Cancel] buttons can be clicked at the bottom of the screen, you press the <Alt> key, while you left-click on the title bar. Keep <alt> key and mouse key pressed, while you move the mouse pointer upwards. This way you should be able to move the Update Manager far enough upwards to make the buttons at the bottom visible.

HTH,
Karl

[Tomgin5]

Thanks Karl!