Hi Larry! On Mon, 2013-10-14 at 05:13 +0100, larry mckenna wrote: > > hi folks, finding myself in limbo directly downloaded debian only to > find i need flash player can download flash but can't install ! also > tried to download other version of ubuntu and it downloads but get > address not recognised or soft ware needs to be installed to allow > install ! i looked through your soft ware packagwe list and found a > strong snob tech speak for nerds why can you not be so eliist and name > things the ordinary 5/8 th can read ? > many thanks, common as muck larry mc kenna. I understood that you installed debian on your system and that you are missing the flash player. (Be aware that my description only covers debian! If you have ubuntu installed on your system, then the description simply does not fit!) Flash player is available on Debian. There is even a wiki page about this: https://wiki.debian.org/FlashPlayer/ So you need to log in as root (which is also called System Administrator when people refer to it but the login is root). And then install the package with a command like apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree (You could also use a software management tool for this task. I like to use the Synaptic Package Manager.) That should install it. If this solution does not help you, then please come back with a deeper description. Tell us, what you did e.g. how did you install debian? What kind of computer do you use. And so on. And some more hints that might be useful: a) at the beginning it might be a good idea to use the old OS and Linux at the same time. One easy way to do this is to simply install them in parallel and use grub to decide which os to start when the system boots. That way you can always use the system if you encounter any problems. (If you have a spare system, then this is not required of course!) When Linux is up and running I would try to get the old os inside a VM. VirtualBox could be used to run windows as vm. b) You found this mailing list. That is great! Here are a lot of people who really like to help you. But esp. at the beginning it might be hard to find the correct wording to describe the problems you find. If english is not your native language, then it can be really hard. So I would suggest to look around if you can find other possibilities to find help. Maybe friends of you also use Linux? Then you might talk with them. Even if they might not be experts it is great because it is easier to solve problems together. c) Also be aware that there is a lot of documentation. You might find it useful to read about Debian or Linux. Debian has the handbook which is available for free. Reading such a book will also tell you the wording that is used. (It is not an elite speaking. But each technical area has its own items which all have its name.) d) Try to get familiar with search engines like google. Often you can solve problems with a quick search (e.g. search for "debian install flash" and you will find the debian wiki page in the top mosts results). This is something I like to do to quickly find an answer. That way I do not have to wait for others to reply to my question. With kind regards, Konrad -- Konrad Neitzel <konrad@neitzel.de>
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