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The Real Bev

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Jun 9, 2011, 2:57:05 PM6/9/11
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Daughter (with windows) uploaded a couple of movies to her picasa site,
but I can see them with FF 4.01 only as a single still for each movie.
What good is being able to upload movies if nobody can see them?

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Patrick Shanahan

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Jun 9, 2011, 3:45:33 PM6/9/11
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* The Real Bev <bashl...@gmail.com> [06-09-11 14:58]:

> Daughter (with windows) uploaded a couple of movies to her picasa
> site, but I can see them with FF 4.01 only as a single still for each
> movie. What good is being able to upload movies if nobody can see
> them?

install vlc and the firefox "vlc multimedia plug-in".

see if that works for you :^).

and a link to try here might help :^)))).
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The Real Bev

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Jun 9, 2011, 5:39:05 PM6/9/11
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On 06/09/11 12:45, Patrick Shanahan wrote:

> * The Real Bev<bashl...@gmail.com> [06-09-11 14:58]:
>> Daughter (with windows) uploaded a couple of movies to her picasa
>> site, but I can see them with FF 4.01 only as a single still for each
>> movie. What good is being able to upload movies if nobody can see
>> them?
>
> install vlc and the firefox "vlc multimedia plug-in".

1. Tried vlc 1.0.something previously; requires newer major libraries
than I have. 2. Couldn't find the FF plugin. #1 is a real killer and
I'm not willing to go on a library hunt. BTDT, got the scars.

> see if that works for you :^).
>
> and a link to try here might help :^)))).

Sorry, it's private stuff. Grandspawn's graduation, not porn, family only.


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Stephen

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Jun 10, 2011, 7:44:36 AM6/10/11
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Somebody who's not an expert *nix user shouldn't be using slackware, that's why you have all these problems. I wish you'd get a clue and fire your support, because obviously they're not doing a good job of well ... supporting you, judging by all the issues you have. Sorry to sound like a broken record, but well ... proof is in the pudding.





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The Real Bev

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Jun 10, 2011, 3:19:29 PM6/10/11
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On 06/10/11 04:44, Stephen wrote:

> Somebody who's not an expert *nix user shouldn't be using slackware,
> that's why you have all these problems. I wish you'd get a clue and fire
> your support, because obviously they're not doing a good job of well ...
> supporting you, judging by all the issues you have. Sorry to sound like
> a broken record, but well ... proof is in the pudding.

Yeah, tell me something I don't know! I've been married to him for 49.5
years and it's going to take more than his religious belief in the
sinfulness of GUIs and their evil spawn to make me dump him!

Tamer Ziady

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Jun 10, 2011, 4:45:57 PM6/10/11
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Lol...Don't dump him. Make your life simple and go buy a windblows
operating system. The reality is that the windows and mac OSes are
much more user friendly which is why they are so much more prevalent.
Either ask him to spend the time to allow your machine to function
perfectly (which my ubuntu, fbsd, and other *nix function great for my
needs and requirements) or to help you install an OS that you can
adequately use without being crippled by your expertise. Best off
luck!

T

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mhenriday

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Jun 11, 2011, 7:26:34 AM6/11/11
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On Friday, June 10, 2011 10:45:57 PM UTC+2, nero wrote:
Lol...Don't dump him. Make your life simple and go buy a windblows
operating system. The reality is that the windows and mac OSes are
much more user friendly which is why they are so much more prevalent.
Either ask him to spend the time to allow your machine to function
perfectly (which my ubuntu, fbsd, and other *nix function great for my
needs and requirements) or to help you install an OS that you can
adequately use without being crippled by your expertise. Best off
luck!

T

If I may be so bold, Bev hardly needs to choose between installing a  «windblows operating system» or dumping her partner of nearly half a century ; a double-boot with Slackware and a more user-friendly distro like, say, Ubuntu should suffice to resolve the problem....

Henri
 

Stephen

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Jun 11, 2011, 8:56:31 AM6/11/11
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Yeah I concur.  A more user friendly Linux distro should be on the agenda. From Patrick's side of things,  I'm sure OpenSUSE is quite capable in this reqard too. Heck even Debian stable would be better. Something with a good package managment system is what Bev needs IMO. 


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The Real Bev

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Jun 11, 2011, 4:32:22 PM6/11/11
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> On Friday, June 10, 2011 10:45:57 PM UTC+2, nero wrote:
>
> Lol...Don't dump him. Make your life simple and go buy a windblows
> operating system. The reality is that the windows and mac OSes are
> much more user friendly which is why they are so much more
> prevalent. Either ask him to spend the time to allow your machine to
> function perfectly (which my ubuntu, fbsd, and other *nix function
> great for my needs and requirements) or to help you install an OS
> that you can adequately use without being crippled by your expertise.
> Best off luck!

Henri wrote:

> If I may be so bold, Bev hardly needs to choose between installing a
> �windblows operating system� or dumping her partner of nearly half a
> century ; a double-boot with Slackware and a more user-friendly
> distro like, say, Ubuntu should suffice to resolve the problem....

Merci bien. For a while I was using slack with KDE on my laptop, which
definitely makes life a lot easier. And then it crashed... I use
fvwm95 and have spent a lot of time configuring it -- I could switch to
KDE, but I hate having to configure stuff from scratch, and KDE is just
plain ugly in its normal state.

If absolutely necessary I have an HP XP machine available. It has great
sentimental value, having belonged to my mom. I use it when I have
hardware that absolutely requires windows to function -- GPS, canon
scanner, tax stuff, maybe phone stuff (if I decide to switch to the
Nokia wifi-enabled phone). My linux machine knows about the windows
machine, but I keep the windows machine ignorant of the existence of the
other machines on the network. It's safer that way.

For the most part, if I can't solve a problem myself or through the
kindness of strangers, I give up; life is too short etc.

BTW, the 'movies' I was trying to view were not movies at all, just
stills FROM the movies. When I found the actual videos (in the 'photos'
part) they worked fine.


> The Real Bev <bashl...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 06/10/11 04:44, Stephen wrote:
>>
>>> Somebody who's not an expert *nix user shouldn't be using
>>> slackware, that's why you have all these problems. I wish you'd
>>> get a clue and fire your support, because obviously they're not
>>> doing a good job of well ... supporting you, judging by all the
>>> issues you have. Sorry to sound like a broken record, but well
>>> ... proof is in the pudding.
>>
>> Yeah, tell me something I don't know! I've been married to him for
>> 49.5 years and it's going to take more than his religious belief
>> in the sinfulness of GUIs and their evil spawn to make me dump
>> him!


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