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From: trigonometry1972 on 27 Apr 2010 14:43
This is a quick and dirty posting.
Fancast is apparently vastly more stable the Hulu
when playing video streams. Hulu stumbles
the at the advert "blocks". I can play thru
by restarting and sliding to a point around
were it stumbled (not fun as I have to guess
a bit were it crashed) but this is only works
part of the time and is a huge pain.
Apparently Hulu has some 'script' that gums
the works. It also flashes some warning
that doesn't stay up long enough to read.

I'll add the Fox site works somewhat while
at least some of the other network sites
only seem to think Windows and Apple.
But then again what can one expect from
the empty suits at the old big three networks.

I am using a AMD64 system with a 64 bit
version of Ubuntu 9.04. I am reluctant to
to upgrade as upgrade when I ran the 32 bit
version of Ubuntu caused problem to the
point of inactivating the Hulu video stream
and most others. Finally after one "upgrade"
the computer could no longer see the internet
connection. I was on some version 10 number
version of 32 bit Ubuntu. So I saved everything
on to the freestanding hard disk and then
experimented. Mint failed to see the internet
connection and the freestanding HD.
Mandriva Linux 2010 did OK except the video
was apparently crippled and as was the provided
file search function though I suppose I could
have used another search program.
And it did see the freestanding HD.
But it had it's hand out for money and I suspect
that would enabled it to work on both points
just mentioned.
I also tried Debian 9.0 which also had its
faults. There seemed to be fewer programs
in its software warehouse than Ubuntu.
So I came full circle to an aging 64 bit Ubuntu
8.10 which I then upgraded on line as much as I
thought I dared. Then once I reach 9.04
I limited the upgrading to just the bare
essentials.

I am not sure if I want to upgrade to the
upcoming long term version of Ubuntu that is due
to come out.

I am still a newbie but that is my story
for your entertainment..................Trig
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