I am happy to say that a neighbour of mine is using Kubuntu. I helped choose the new machine (dell basic desktop) and set it all up, dual boot. The neighbour trusts my judgement and the fact that I use it (and not windows) and I can help with the PC anyway.
However this is a certain type of situation. They are an ordinary very non-technical PC user, with broadband for the first time, happy to use Kubuntu (7.04) because I recommend it but are surrounded by most friends and family who all use windows as you might expect. My real concern is that I am unable to configure the machine to 'just work' for the obvious internet tit-bits of video such as bbc video, ITV and Cannel 4 stuff - in fact most mainstream web page video stuff. Firefox is the important browser here - it is used in windows and Kubuntu, and their friends and family can (and should) be using firefox in windows. So I want to focus on firefox. Normal web browsing. Click on a link and video window should open and play. My own internet use does not usually include such things apart from an occasional BBC Click program, and anyway *I* am content to see 1) non functioning firefox player window, then 2) click on 'use standalone player' and then 3) see a download window then 4) to have a realplayer window open, and then 5) manually resize it....... but I know this will seem complicated and even a bit scary for this neighbour, even if they can remember it all. They are likely of course to just use windows and decry kubuntu. :-( I see in the ubuntu forums that there is a lot about firefox and bbc realplayer streams, but I did not see an actual solution I could use. To summarise - I am looking for specifically firefox and (as example) specifically BBC. My task is to get firefox working elegantly for such things. I will need to get my own machine going ok for this first, then the dell. I would be most grateful for help in this. tia -- Kubuntu user#10391 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
