http://www.breakitdownblog.com/a-manual-for-the-ubuntu-linux-beginner/ A technical, gaming and current-events news site Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:00:42 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://www.breakitdownblog.com/a-manual-for-the-ubuntu-linux-beginner/comment-page-1/#comment-818 » Using 32-bit Firefox Plugins on 64-bit Linux Tue, 02 Jan 2007 14:49:42 +0000 http://www.breakitdownblog.com/2006/08/03/a-manual-for-the-ubuntu-linux-beginner/#comment-818 [...] A while ago I did a guide to getting started with Ubuntu where I suggested folks go with the 32-bit versions of any Linux OS in order to avoid the incompatibility problems with 32-bit builds of some of the proprietary drivers or codecs. While I still stand by that statement, it seems there is a project, nspluginwrapper, that will allow you to run 32-bit plugins in Firefox (or Mozilla) even with a 64-bit OS and browser build. A pretty cool step in the right direction. [...] [...] A while ago I did a guide to getting started with Ubuntu where I suggested folks go with the 32-bit versions of any Linux OS in order to avoid the incompatibility problems with 32-bit builds of some of the proprietary drivers or codecs. While I still stand by that statement, it seems there is a project, nspluginwrapper, that will allow you to run 32-bit plugins in Firefox (or Mozilla) even with a 64-bit OS and browser build. A pretty cool step in the right direction. [...]

]]> http://www.breakitdownblog.com/a-manual-for-the-ubuntu-linux-beginner/comment-page-1/#comment-39 Riyad Kalla Fri, 04 Aug 2006 12:22:53 +0000 http://www.breakitdownblog.com/2006/08/03/a-manual-for-the-ubuntu-linux-beginner/#comment-39 I suppose it's possible you have a modem with a Windows-specific firmware/processor in it. Do you know the exact model/manufacturer for your modem? Did you try googling for "Linux <modem>" where <mode> is your chip?</mode></modem> I suppose it’s possible you have a modem with a Windows-specific firmware/processor in it. Do you know the exact model/manufacturer for your modem? Did you try googling for “Linux ” where is your chip?

]]> http://www.breakitdownblog.com/a-manual-for-the-ubuntu-linux-beginner/comment-page-1/#comment-38 adottedfellow Fri, 04 Aug 2006 11:00:47 +0000 http://www.breakitdownblog.com/2006/08/03/a-manual-for-the-ubuntu-linux-beginner/#comment-38 easy ubuntu is good but the problem i have now is connecting using my 56 k modem which is working fine with windows. after installing ubuntu it won't detect or recognize it. easy ubuntu is good but the problem i have now is connecting using my 56 k modem which is working fine with windows. after installing ubuntu it won’t detect or recognize it.

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