OT: ubuntu install problem

Walter Vaughan wvaughan at steelerubber.com
Mon May 19 14:28:47 PDT 2008


Jay R. Ashworth wrote:

>On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 04:00:36PM -0400, Walter Vaughan wrote:
>  
>
>>When you get the box up and running, install also install the WINE 
>>package, and then install the Windows version of Firefox just like you 
>>would on a Windows box (click on the firefox setup exe you download) . 
>>Then if you need to watch any TV shows on CBS.com or NBC.... they play 
>>perfectly. You cannot watch "Big Bang Theory" with the native version of 
>>Firefox on Ubunutu.
>>    
>>
>
>Huh?  I wonder what's incompatible.  
>
A couple of the networks use stupid plugins detection routines that 
won't work with Linux.
So to avoid the  memory game,  I've learned that if I want to watch TV,
I just use the Windows version of Firefox.
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