<p>I don't think it's just the browser, firefox does the same thing, and it won't install things so I can use them. It could be user error, but I got this one because it's supposed to be easy to use.</p>
<p>I'll check out mint. </p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On May 19, 2014 10:36 PM, "Steve Conklin" <<a href="mailto:steve@conklinhouse.com">steve@conklinhouse.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
If it's the Chromium browser that's locking up and not the whole<br>
machine, download google's version and replace it.. The Ubuntu one is<br>
forever broken by flash changes, and I don't know why they don't pull<br>
it from the archive.<br>
<br>
If the whole machine's locking up, then that's something else.<br>
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On Mon, May 19, 2014 at 6:36 PM, Jessica Jackson<br>
<<a href="mailto:j.jackson.ebel@gmail.com">j.jackson.ebel@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Will anyone be at the shop tuesday evening who can help me install Ubuntu on<br>
> my laptop? I know it's supposed to be pretty easy to work with, but I did it<br>
> myself and it's not working properly. (Programs install weird and I can only<br>
> use the internet for 2-30 minutes before it freezes on regular sites,<br>
> nothing particularly demanding.)<br>
><br>
> I'd really appreciate it if anyone could give me a hand. This should be<br>
> pretty simple for someone who's done it before.<br>
><br>
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