Ubuntu / Mint Audio or Flash problems. Two fixes that worked in my case. Seems to be conflicts with PulseAudio in several different ways. Installing Adobe-flashplayer instead of the Ubuntu version helps.
Tag: Ubuntu
Setting Ubuntu Default Desktop (Session)
Testing to see if this works. Sometimes installing Ubuntu in a PC without 3D capable video hardware results in a non-bootable system: rather it boots but you can’t see anything, and since the default configuration is that OpenSSH-server is not installed, you can’t shell into it either. You can’t even use CTRL-ALT-F2 to change TTYs…
Microsoft on target this time
Refer to http://www.infoworld.com/d/the-industry-standard/microsoft-surface-fuels-fear-and-loathing-in-pc-land-199671 Microsoft is moving forward with it’s Surface series of tablets, which will change with the way businesses are already changing: in other words, I feel that Microsoft is getting back in touch with reality and adapting. However, most other manufacturers are refusing to change, which is likely to kill them. This is the same hubris…
Consumer tablet avalanche is coming
Last fall Hewlett Packard decided to end its consumer computer line and focus on commercial computers. At that time they also decided to liquidate their inventory of HP TouchPad tablets at $99 each which detonated a market response loud enough to awaken every potential tablet maker on the planet. The philosophy before that time had…
EdUbuntu 12.04: Configuring to get work done
Last night we installed the new Ubuntu 12.04 Precise on our HP 6910p business class notebook from a USB memory stick. The installation went about as quick and painless as any we have done. We also installed Blue Fish, FileZilla, Chromium, Compiz configuration manager, and SSH Server, and did some configuring of the Launcher bar….