Re: lucidity it ain't

[http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert (Robert)]

 > From: "k" <http://www.kathaus.org/~cat>
 > Date: Sun, 23 May 2010 13:20:17 -0800
 >
 > two potlucks!  yikes. i'll be at one of them.
 > 
 > just to let you know, i had another friend look at my lack
 > of flash situation and he had no better luck getting it to
 > work.  don't really know what the issue is.  he did get me
 > hulu desktop, which is okay, but i still have issues with
 > other sites with flash.  i guess i'll just have to wait for
 > the next upgrade.  or i might get a new laptop.  any
 > suggestions?

You have a laptop?  I didn't know that.

I have an Acer, but I don't recommend it.  I really like my Lenovo at work
(great keyboard, 'tho display isn't great) and I really liked my old Dell
laptop before it died.  So, overall I recommend either a Lenovo or Dell,
and, in general, it's better to get an older computer since Ubuntu runs
better on older hardware than newer hardware.

However, since your current laptop is not broken, I would just try to get
it to work.  My suggestion is to (1) copy/backup all your data on to an
external hard drive (you can buy 'em for about $100 or less -- you should
have one on hand for backups, anyway) and (2) reinstall Karmic.  (I love
Karmic.  Definitely the best linux release ever.  My computer at work and
my other laptop will stay on Karmic forever, if I can help it.)

 > take care,
 > --kathryn
 > 
 > katciao