So far as I can tell, the distro with most stable flashplayer plugin is Ubuntu10.4 or 10.10 (or Mint), where it is implemented via the nspluginwrapper. But flash on Linux basically sucks no matter which distro you have (thanks, Adobe).
--Doug On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 3:56 PM, Russell Standish <[email protected]>wrote: > Its that delicate balance between upgrading too often and not > upgrading often enough. Having been through a disasterous OpenSUSE > 11.2 on my netbook (11.1 didn't support the WiFi on my new computer), > and now on 11.3, which is more solid, I am feeling a bit in the > upgrading too often camp. I do still have a problem with Flash 10 > audio, if anybody has some pointers, I'd be grateful. > > It makes me pine for the simplicity of Slackware :). At least you know > what you've got and where to go for help. With SUSE, things are much > more user friendly, but when things go wrong, it is really hard to > figure stuff out (like Windows). However, one of my customers is with > SUSE, so it makes sense that I invest in the distro. > > Cheers > > On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 02:45:32PM -0600, Douglas Roberts wrote: > > Yikes! > > > > Well, I'm switching back to Ubuntu, going with the latest 10.10. > > > > --Doug > > > > On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 2:40 PM, Russell Standish < > [email protected]>wrote: > > > > > OpenSUSE (from Novell) still has the same bug! Not that it even offers > > > to make USB drives, but for those in the need and the know, one of the > > > things you need to do is comment out the ui line. > > > > > > Cheers > > > > > > On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 07:48:21AM -0600, Douglas Roberts wrote: > > > > Thanks, Alfredo. Be aware that there is a bug in Mint 9 which will > > > prevent > > > > you from using the Startup Disc Creator utility. From a pair of > comments > > > on > > > > the article: > > > > > > > > http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/linux-mint-fail > > > > > > > > > > > > The Mint Startup Disk Creater utility used to create bootable USB > drives > > > and > > > > CD's does not work on either of my two Mint 9 systems. The USB images > > > that > > > > they create for the Ubuntu 10.10 desktop and netbook iso images fail > to > > > > boot, giving the message "Unrecognized keyword in configuration > file". > > > > > > > > It's a known bug, the syslinux version doesn't recognize the 'ui' > keyword > > > in > > > > syslinux.cfg . > > > > If you remove it it works. This was a fix in the updates of 10.04, so > > > maybe > > > > mint is still going to get the fix. > > > > > > > > Aside from a few bugs like the one above, I've generally been happy > with > > > > Mint 9. > > > > > > > > --Doug > > > > > > > > 2010/10/12 Alfredo Covaleda Vélez <[email protected]> > > > > > > > > > Douglas > > > > > > > > > > I posted part of this lines in your blog at Linux Journal. I > enhance it > > > a > > > > > little. I just installed Linux Mint 9 in my EeePC 701 replacing > ubuntu > > > > > 10-04. I'm pretty satisfied with Isadora (All Mint releases have > had > > > women > > > > > names). Last weekend I tried to install several distributions and > it > > > only > > > > > was successful installation of Linux Mint and gNewSense. gNewSense > is > > > pure > > > > > free software and because of this reason some controllers have been > > > removed > > > > > from his Debian Kernel. Some of them are wireless controllers and a > > > netbook > > > > > without wireless doesn't make sense. That was one of the reasons > why I > > > tried > > > > > to install Linux Mint. Except for sd card, everything is working > fine > > > with > > > > > Mint distro. I like the small size of packages installed by > default. It > > > > > allowed me to install Glade, Geany, Eclipse, JDK, BlueJ, Dia, Ruby, > > > Valac, > > > > > PHP and all related libraries associated to all of them and despite > ( I > > > made > > > > > a mistake in this part in my linux journal post.. my English is bad > > > enough) > > > > > the tiny solid state disc, it still has space to install a database > and > > > > > maybe other program like Umbrello or ArgoUML. Linux Mint is by far > the > > > best > > > > > of the four distros that my Asus has had. > > > > > > > > > > In other old pc, a desktop, I installed Salix. A distro based in > > > Slackware. > > > > > It's really nice and runs fine despite the limitations of hardware > in > > > that > > > > > desktop. It was what I was looking for. I like all these new > distros > > > with > > > > > environments developed using GTK libraries and are good to run in > old > > > > > hardware. That's fine. > > > > > > > > > > I'm developing a simulator using php-gtk. I don't know why but I > like > > > GTK > > > > > and I like to think (without a real reason) that GTK libraries are > the > > > > > future of the software. > > > > > > > > > > Alfredo > > > > > > > > > > ============================================================ > > > > > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > > > > > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > > > > > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org > > > > > > > > > > > > ============================================================ > > > > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > > > > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > > > > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > Prof Russell Standish Phone 0425 253119 (mobile) > > > Mathematics > > > UNSW SYDNEY 2052 [email protected] > > > Australia http://www.hpcoders.com.au > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > ============================================================ > > > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > > > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > > > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Doug Roberts > > [email protected] > > [email protected] > > 505-455-7333 - Office > > 505-670-8195 - Cell > > > ============================================================ > > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org > > > -- > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Prof Russell Standish Phone 0425 253119 (mobile) > Mathematics > UNSW SYDNEY 2052 [email protected] > Australia http://www.hpcoders.com.au > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org > -- Doug Roberts [email protected] [email protected] 505-455-7333 - Office 505-670-8195 - Cell
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