[GRLUG] Ubuntu Firefox/Flash problems

[Bill Creswell]

Installing/Configuring Wine would be a good topic someday!

On 9/22/06, Tim Schmidt <timschmidt at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 9/21/06, Kyle Smith <kylewesleysmith at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I upgraded to Ubuntu Dapper a few weeks ago, and now when I try to
> > watch video on YouTube, my browser freezes. So far YouTube is the only
> > site I've had problems with. I've tried reinstalling the nonfree Flash
> > plugin, and the problem persists.
> >
> > Firefox 1.5.0.5
> > I'm not sure what version of Flash I have, but I assume it's the
> > latest verion from the Ubuntu repositories.
> >
> > Anyone know what I can do to fix this?
>
> I've found that using the Windows version of Firefox under Wine with
> the windows Flash plugin works more reliably on Linux than using the
> Linux versions...  So I use Firefox on Ubuntu for browsing and work,
> and it's like a rock.  And if I need to watch a video, I fire up the
> wine version, and it does a great job with that.  If you haven't
> installed anything under Wine lately, you owe it tto yourself to give
> Firefox a try...  it's amazingly polished.
>
> --tim
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