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    Linux problems

    My internet is running amazingly well using linux, on windows my internet is really unstable and the speed just drops out and so far on linux ive managed to do a lot of downloading at a stable 360kb a sec which is ok, whereas before i would get 400kb for 2 seconds and it would drop to 20kb a sec. Its all very good, but some pictures come up pink and whenever i try to make a video full screen i get an error saying adobe flash player crashed please reload and try again. What do i need to do to make everything work also could i do online gaming on linux with every game?
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    Re: Linux problems

    Right... your post was a bit of a handful but this is how I see it.

    Most likely your ISP provides your internet service, via your telephone line, to the router in your home. Your computers & devices then all connect to your router, to pass data up & down for your internet connection. I mention this because if you know how to log in to your router, you could look at the connection speeds to see what you should be getting...

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    It's not really even worth it really. There are 2 main causes that I can think of why 1 machine isnt connecting so well compared to a second machine (on otherwise the same connection). 1 is that you have rubbish drivers (possible), and the other is that your Windows machine is being hijacked by virus / spyware / etc.
    The way to be sure that your actual hardware is fine is to create a LiveCD or USB stick of a Linux distro, run that on your Windows computer, and test the speeds that way (you indicate that you clearly know how to do so in Linux).

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    Re: Linux problems

    Well I am using the same machine, made a partition for linux in my hdd and the speeds are a lot more better than on windows so i think i will reinstall windows, but how do i fix the graphics in linux, i get pictures which are purple and i cant make videos full screen because flash player crashes when i try to.
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    Re: Linux problems

    That sounds like you need to install the graphics card driver.

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    Re: Linux problems

    Which linux distro? Did you install a 32bit or a 64bit Version?

    If you are running a 64 bit version of firefox (which you will get by default if you are running a 64 bit distro), then you are in for a world of pain trying to get a 32 bit binary only plugin working with it, especially one written by the diligent and quality obsessed (not) engineers at Adobe

    So if you do have a 64 bit linux install, then my advice would be to head over to mozilla.com and download a 32 bit build of firefox and install that instead. Forget about the 64 bit version that came with the distro. It is not worth the pain.

    I don't think this is anything to do with your graphics card drivers.

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    Re: Linux problems

    I think im using ubuntu linux

    downloaded it from here:
    http://www.ubuntu.com/desktop/get-ubuntu/download

    and im thinking its 64 bit it didnt ask me anything about 32 or 64 bit when installing
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    Re: Linux problems

    If you open up a terminal and type `cat /etc/lsb-release && uname -a`, the commands will tell you what distro and which architecture you're using. Unfortunately there's nothing that can be done for flash, flash 10.x is a buggy pile of junk and only Adobe can fix it (if they ever hire competent engineers). As for the image bug, I sometimes get that as well.
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    Re: Linux problems

    DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
    DISTRIB_RELEASE=10.10
    DISTRIB_CODENAME=maverick
    DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 10.10"


    Well i guess its maverick, so is it a driver problem??
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    Re: Linux problems

    No, it's just flash being flash. I'm reasonably certain your video drivers are just fine, and you're simply experiencing bugs with the software you're using.
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