[General] Help putting in Ubuntu

[Jessica Jackson]

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.

I'll check out mint.
On May 19, 2014 10:36 PM, "Steve Conklin" <steve at conklinhouse.com> wrote:

> If it's the Chromium browser that's locking up and not the whole
> machine, download google's version and replace it.. The Ubuntu one is
> forever broken by flash changes, and I don't know why they don't pull
> it from the archive.
>
> If the whole machine's locking up, then that's something else.
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, May 19, 2014 at 6:36 PM, Jessica Jackson
> <j.jackson.ebel at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Will anyone be at the shop tuesday evening who can help me install
> Ubuntu on
> > my laptop? I know it's supposed to be pretty easy to work with, but I
> did it
> > myself and it's not working properly. (Programs install weird and I can
> only
> > use the internet for 2-30 minutes before it freezes on regular sites,
> > nothing particularly demanding.)
> >
> > I'd really appreciate it if anyone could give me a hand. This should be
> > pretty simple for someone who's done it before.
> >
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