Re: Newbie questions

mdovell@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
A long story short I have a laptop I had xp on...1 1/2 years late it has
a series of problems so I figure it's really the software than hardware
so I switched a half week ago.
Anyway most things seem to happen well...printer, internet access,
wireless internet access....

In all respects things are OK but I have a few minor issues

1) internal microphone I can't seem to find I use my laptop to record
some lectures (they turn out ok) I have recording software but it seems
to list more recording options than I really have. I guess I could
probably bring a small microphone but that might be more obvious (the
professor doesn't know and the cable would look odd etc.

2) flash seems to work but only somewhat. Now I have no problem using
firefox or opera. I'm starting to think that this is really dependent on
the website itself

3) Given how easily the printer was recongnized I'm assuming the scanner
would be as well as the webcam...would this be a correct assumption?

4) Pidgin is a bit iffy. First I could get onto yahoo then I couldn't
and now I can. However now I have some sort of issue with QQ. From what
I understand this whole thing gets updated and the end of the month.
What should I expect.

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In addition to this I am trying to put the OS on a 5 year old pc (it's
old..I figure I want to try this first before I shell out money)
I tried the 64 bit version but it didn't work. I tried the 32 bit
version but it seems to get a blank screen ultimatly
So I went down a version and went with the 32 bit and I get the beat box
but I don't know what to do. I'm OK in using a terminal screen as long
as I know what to do.

All in all I would say this is much easier than I thought it would be.
Back around 2000 I tried red hat...it partioned the hard drive but
failed to install...

Thanks for any advice


What is the laptop in question: make & model.

2) I too recently have noticed that some versions of flash are to new on
some sites and I cant play them. All the normal sites though like
YouTube and news sites I can access. How did you install flash? And did
you install FLASH or the open source version of it?

3) I have used HP all-in-ones and the scanner worked great. I used gimp
to scan but there is also Xsane.

4) Yahoo on pidgin works great and then its down - but that is Yahoo's
deal - not pidgin.

QQ?? What is that.

Stick to the 32bit version.

You didnt say but, if you arent, use the lately LTS version of Ubuntu.

wade

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