Ubuntu - Part 5 and final

I signed into the Ubuntu support forums, and searched on the word "resolution". A couple of minutes of scanning the search results lead me to an entry about using some obscure command to start the X configuration program to modify the video resolution. I followed the directions and was able to change the desktop to 1024x768. Success! I then downloaded a copy of BOINC to help the world fight AIDS etc., and it works great. The Ubuntu developers did a beautiful job with the graphics and widgets, albeit I am unhappy with the sort of rusty reddish-brown default color theme. But I won't bore my vast blogging audience with my future attempts to download some new themes :-)