Re: lucidity it ain't

["k" <http://www.kathaus.org/~cat>]

katciao

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From: http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert (Robert)
To: http://www.kathaus.org/~cat
Sent: 23 May 2010 13:46:09 -0700
Subject: Re: lucidity it ain't

> > 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.

oops, language fail.  no i don't have a laptop.  i was just
thinking of getting a new one, rather than getting someone's
used one.  

> 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.

i'll keep that in mind.

> 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.)

I'll try that.

>  > take care,
>  > --kathryn
>  > 
>  > katciao
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