I like ideas. And once I latch on to one, I can be quite tenacious in holding on to it. One of those ideas I’ve got is a vision of a world without copyright, and so I do what I can to move toward that sort of world. One of those things I do is using Ubuntu, a copyright-free1 operating system.
One of the problems, of course, is that Ubuntu, being entirely run by volunteers, is basically swimming uphill. And although Ubuntu doesn’t crash or have viruses, it sometimes has difficulties. One of those difficulties occurs because of a shift we’re currently in the middle of, from using 32-bit to 64-bit computer systems.
I’m using the newer 64-bit Ubuntu–over the last few weeks I’ve only been using Ubuntu, and I’ve turned my back on windows. One of the problems I deal with now is that 64-bit has occasional problems with Adobe Flash Player, the software which quietly plays youtube and other videos in your browser.
Thankfully, Ubuntu allows the user incredible access to the computer’s inner workings, and if you’ve got the right instructions, you can do just about anything through the computer’s terminal. So fixing 64-bit flash is just a matter of typing a few simple lines.
ubuntu, flash, 64-bit
I like ideas. And once I latch on to one, I can be quite tenacious in holding on to it. One of those ideas I’ve got is a vision of a world without copyright, and so I do what I can to move toward that sort of world. One of those things I do is using Ubuntu, a copyright-free1 operating system.
One of the problems, of course, is that Ubuntu, being entirely run by volunteers, is basically swimming uphill. And although Ubuntu doesn’t crash or have viruses, it sometimes has difficulties. One of those difficulties occurs because of a shift we’re currently in the middle of, from using 32-bit to 64-bit computer systems.
I’m using the newer 64-bit Ubuntu–over the last few weeks I’ve only been using Ubuntu, and I’ve turned my back on windows. One of the problems I deal with now is that 64-bit has occasional problems with Adobe Flash Player, the software which quietly plays youtube and other videos in your browser.
Thankfully, Ubuntu allows the user incredible access to the computer’s inner workings, and if you’ve got the right instructions, you can do just about anything through the computer’s terminal. So fixing 64-bit flash is just a matter of typing a few simple lines.
The instructions are here.
1Yeah, yeah. I know. They use copyright. But it’s the GNU GPL, not regular copyright. It’s a huge step in the right direction.
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