Hi Lou, Welcome to the group.
On Wednesday 23 May 2007 at 13:42:39 Louis Gidney wrote: > Only just got round to joining this list although I have been using > Ubuntu Dapper for about four months, to assess whether it will serve my > purposes. I like it. After all, unix was a mature OS long before even > the 8086 and affordable computing got started. Are you a long-time unix user then? > However, the main problem I have found with it is obtaining and > installing printer drivers (and media codecs). I'm told this is a > widespread problem with other linux distros --for those who don't have > the technical know-how. > > I would be grateful if anyone out there could help me to get my > printer/scanner working. I don't have any experience with printing and scanning I'm afraid, but... > That's my top priority. It would also be nice to be able to watch video > clips on the BBC website. But if needs must I can live without that. > (Adobe flash player works fine in Firefox when needed --but of course > the BBC for reasons best known to themselves have opted for RealPlayer / > Helix(?) ...I might be able to help you here. I gave up on helix / realplayer, and found that by installing the 'mozilla-mplayer' package, I can view / listen to the content on the BBC website. HTH! Pete. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
