[GRLUG] Ubuntu Firefox/Flash problems

[Kyle Smith]

I'd rather have Flash work right on the linux version of Firefox.

On 9/23/06, Bill Creswell <billcreswell at gmail.com> wrote:
> Installing/Configuring Wine would be a good topic someday!
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> 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.
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> > > 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.
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> > > Anyone know what I can do to fix this?
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> > 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.
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> > --tim
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