Changing From XP to Ubuntu on Laptop

I’ve decided to begin researching making the move from Windows XP to full-on Ubuntu.  I’ve been waiting to make the move to see if Ubuntu’s Flash and Sound capabilities would improve, but I’m not entirely sure this is the case. A friend of mine the other day noted having the same issues with Iris.  I’ll do [...]

Finally, Ubuntu Forums Solves my x64 Flash Problem

Thanks for Ubuntu Forums for coming through with another problem solver.  At first I tried the standard practive of trying to update with reinstallation of the nswrapper to no avail.  Then I tried the obvious clicking on the ‘Install Plugin’ route on flash portions of webpages, to no avail. Finally I used Synaptic and installed “swfdec” [...]

Getting Flash to Work on my Ubuntu Hardy Heron, x64

It simply ain’t going to happen, at least not at this time and not at my skill leve (or most other’s it seems).  I’ve been trying for a week to install Flash on my Ubuntu OS to no avail.  Even the Ubuntu forums have not been much of a help for Hardy Heron x64 flash [...]