Linux getting better

I now have Everything that I need to work in Ubuntu working. Java is working, Adobe flash is working. I can watch movies, on the Linux system. I can play games on the internet. I can do things today I could not do last week.


Yea... Just a little reading and time takes care of alot of problems.


I am getting rid of my Windows desktop over Christmas break. Going to install a new Hard Drive and install Ubuntu on it. All the updates and then I will be doing way more and cheaper than in windows.

You folks are missing out if you are still using windows.

Linxu is not bothered by viruses, Easy to use like windows. Way more programs than windows without the cost. Yes FREE.

You have different desktops to choose from. Ubuntu is Gnome. Kubuntu is KDE In Red Hat or Debian (I think its 19 cd's now) Has the full distro on the 19 cd's and many desktops. You can install several desktops and switch out from time to time to get a new feel.


Remember with Linux you can get a free operating system. Tons of free software and much more flexabilty than with Windows without the cost.

You have an older computer system in the house? Install Linux on it.

Play with linux and have fun. Look at all that can be done on Linux at no cost to you. Thats right just spend a little time downloading a distro or go to the bookstore and get a linux magazine with a Distro in it.

My suggestion is download several liveCD versions.. Go with Fedora, openSUSE, Ubuntu, freespire, Try them out. You may have to install Java or Adobe Flash to get movies and games to work. But, after that you will have what you have in Windows without the price. You won't have to buy tons of software. There is tons that come with linux for free.

You want graphics? Sound? Video? Games? Office? Business? Math? There is so much offered on Linux you could spend years going through it.


My next is mythtv. Make a tvio system with my computer.

Linux Breakthru

I finally got Adobe Flashplayer to run on Debian.

For those of us who are new to Linux, I have used Ubuntu and it loads and installs Abobe Flashplayer on its own. I have installed Mandriva and its like Ubuntu. Same with Mint Linux. (Mint Linux is built on Ubuntu which is built on Debian)

I just installed the latest Debian and for the last two weeks I have had a problem getting Abobe Flashplayer to run. Anything that used Flashplayer would not work.

I have downloaded Abobe Flashplayer from Adobe. and could not get it to run. It would not install and came up with the message to MANUAL INSTALL.

That is where I got into a problem. I just tried to install it manually and it would not go.

I was just about to remove Debian to install Ubuntu or Mint Linux in its place. At least I know it will work from there.

But that is not how to work in Linux. If you never figure it out you will never get anywhere. Always asking someone else for help instead of figuring it out for yourself.

So I checked the web and it said use the dpkg program. I was using the .;/program

So dpkg came our with an error that said that a few libs were missing. So I tried to apt-get install the libs and that did not work. You enter one lib and it said that the other had to be installed for this one to work... So tried the other and same message. I just kept playing and it said to -f install the apt-get so I did. It automatically installed the libs and adobe. Cool.

Will just keep plugging away.

I do love this operating system. So much like DOS only so much better.


Still working on Shells and Scripts. But just keep plugging away at the examples and see how typing this does that. The things I like so much about Linux is all the variety available to you. Unlike Windows you have to buy new everytime Windows updates and you wind up spending thousands to upgrade to the next best Windows. Not only do you spend several hunderd to upgrade to the new Windows, then most of the software you have will not work on the new Windows. So you have to up grade those. This is where the thousands come in.

With Linux the Operating System is free unlike Windows. Then 90+ percent of the programs are free. Yes you heard me right FREE....

You have photo programs, movie programs, audio program, Office programs, Banking programs, cad programs, game programs and so much more. FREE.... There are some programs that cost money but for the most part the majority like I said 90+ percent is FREE.


So if you are tired of Windows Screwing you every few years move to linux. Even when the upgrade you can upgrade without rebooting. So I am told. You can Install programs without rebooting.