On 3/14/06, Peter baker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > <snip> > > I'm hoping installing flash and java is'nt too hard on ubuntu. I'm a newby! >
I'm running Ubuntu (very happily) on an ibook, unfortunately support for non-free technologies on non-x86 platforms can be a bit of a pain sometimes. I think you'll find that: - Java is ok (see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JavaPPC) - Flash is not ok I don't bother with either (Java is fine when it's not in my browser, Flash on the other hand is evil! Evil I tells ya!), but I can appreciate that, particularly with browser plugins, this can be a pretty sore point. In both cases there are open source versions that may or may not do what you want (I suspect that more progress has been made on the Java front then on the flash front, however I don't have any recent experience to back that up). The ubuntu forums would probably be a good place to find peoples experience with this stuff. I could say just avoid websites that use flash (this can be a good idea whether you have a browser plugin or not :), however if you're new to linux and looking for the closest experience to what you may be used to then perhaps running it on an intel machine (if possible) might be an easier way to start. (Otherwise just take pleasure in cursing those who build sites you can't access, indignation builds character, "I didn't want to look at your stupid site anyway you bastard") Cheers....Steve -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
