Re: [ubuntu-uk] Flash and 18.04 update

2018-05-02 Thread Liam Proven
On Mon, 30 Apr 2018 at 22:05, Nigel Verity wrote: > While I am inclined to agree with a lot of Liam Proven's largely negative linked review of Gnome 3, I think it's important to acknowledge that there are 6 desktop environments to choose from across the "%buntu" family,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Flash and 18.04 update

2018-05-02 Thread Liam Proven
On Mon, 30 Apr 2018 at 20:05, Jim Price wrote: > On 30/04/18 11:47, Liam Proven wrote: > > So I myself am looking for a way to update my 16.04 install and _not_ get > > GNOME. I have not found one yet. I may have to do a clean install with one > > of the 3rd party Unity

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Flash and 18.04 update

2018-04-30 Thread J Fernyhough
On 30/04/18 21:05, Nigel Verity wrote: > there are 6 desktop environments to choose from across the "%buntu" > family, which is more than any other distro offers (as far as I'm aware) Tee hee. You might check out Manjaro's offerings. ;) signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature --

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Flash and 18.04 update

2018-04-30 Thread Nigel Verity
While I am inclined to agree with a lot of Liam Proven's largely negative linked review of Gnome 3, I think it's important to acknowledge that there are 6 desktop environments to choose from across the "%buntu" family, which is more than any other distro offers (as far as I'm aware). They are

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Flash and 18.04 update

2018-04-30 Thread Jim Price
On 30/04/18 11:47, Liam Proven wrote: So I myself am looking for a way to update my 16.04 install and _not_ get GNOME. I have not found one yet. I may have to do a clean install with one of the 3rd party Unity remixes. Another way would be to convert it to an Ubuntu MATE install, upgrade and

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Flash and 18.04 update

2018-04-30 Thread Liam Proven
On Fri, 27 Apr 2018 at 20:17, Jim Price wrote: > Be aware that the above download for Ubuntu 18.04 is 64 bit only, so I'm > not sure what happens if you try upgrading a 32bit install. Upgrading a 32-bit install yields an updated 32-bit install. You can't "upgrade" a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Flash and 18.04 update

2018-04-27 Thread Jim Price
On 27/04/18 09:39, michael wrote: On 27/04/18 05:56, michael wrote: On 27/04/18 05:33, michael wrote: Try as I may, I can not get flash to work properly. (16.04) Chromium, cant load it, nothing happens after unpack attempt, Firefox, asks each time if I want to use it before activating.

[ubuntu-uk] Flash and 18.04 update

2018-04-27 Thread michael
On 27/04/18 05:56, michael wrote: On 27/04/18 05:33, michael wrote: Try as I may, I can not get flash to work properly. (16.04) Chromium, cant load it, nothing happens after unpack attempt, Firefox, asks each time if I want to use it before activating. Streaming is jerky on Firefox, but good