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thank you for all your replies. I may need to try xfburn.
lyn

thanks morgaes I checked the BIOS and it appears to be alright.
thanks ajgreeny - there are 9 folders burned onto the DVDs.
I did things the same way as I've always done it. I change over to the...

brasero which is on the system and then I burn the dvd and it all looks okay until I try to install. each time I restart the computer it just goes straight to the desktop. it totally ignores the dvd.

I've tried to create a dvd so I can install Ubuntu 20.04. I've gone thru 4 dvds and still I can't install from any of them. I checked them and they are okay. I currently have Ubuntu 18.04.
would...

I found Lightspark listed in the Software Centre. will it replace Adobe Flash Player?
I had problems the last few days but the problem has been corrected now. I'm now able to get youtube again. I...

thanks monkey. its all too hard for me. I might have to wait until something more simple comes along that I can install from the Software Centre. or if Firefox brings something out for Ubuntu.
lyn

hi Monkey I've just replied to you on another thread re the flash player. you had a link to mpv. is that easy to install on Ubuntu and will that work for youtube and other sites that need a flash...

is that mpv easy to install on Ubuntu and will I be able to get youtube and other websites that need a flash player?
thanks monkey
lyn

hi
today as I've been going to various websites I've been getting a notice across the top saying 'Firefox Has Prevented The Unsafe Plugin Adobe Flash From Running On...' it then mentions the...

thanks monkeybrain I went to Canonical Partners and then clicked reload but Skype is still not in the Software Centre.
lyn

I have installed Ubuntu 14.04 but there is no Skype in the Software Centre. I went to the Skype website and they only have a Skype version for Ubuntu 12.04. can I install that one or how else can I...

hi Vladlenin, thanks for your reply. yes I was getting error messages. but after I posted my question it all started working!! how do you work that out? I don't think I'll ever understand computers....

I have a new computer with Ubuntu 12.04 64bit. I can't seem to access youtube on it. flashplugin is installed from Ubuntu Software Centre and I have also installed Ubuntu Restricted Extras. youtube...

hi Cyndijane
if you have Ubuntu 12.4 you can go up to the right hand corner to the little star type icon where you Shut Down from. you will find System Settings there. just click on that.
or on...

hi, I have Ubuntu 12.04 on my desktop.
a couple of times recently when I turned my computer on, instead of going to the Login Screen the computer stopped on a black screen saying something like -...

thank you Kurt, but like I said in my post I don't understand the Terminal enough to follow the directions in that link.
lyn

thank you for your reply.
I am still having problems. I've managed to get the printer to work as far as photocopying and scanning go but I still can't print from the computer.
I looked at...

I've have Ubuntu 12.04. yesterday I bought an HP Deskjet 3520 All in One Printer. I did look up the HP Linux Imaging site on http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/install_wizard/index.html

I...

if you go to this link http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/install_wizard/index.html
it allows you to check your ubuntu system to the various printer models so you can buy the model that matches.
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thank you both for your replies. I really appreciated them.
I have marked this thread Solved.
thanks again
lyn

thank you mcduck. I didn't know about that. when I looked at it, as well as Cache being ticked it also has several other things ticked - Browsing & Download History, Form & Search History, Cache,...

thanks Vasa1 for your reply. its the Firefox cache I was talking about. in Ubuntu 10.04 it used to be in the Hidden Files.
lyn

Could someone please let me know where to find the cache in Ubuntu 12.04 and how to clear it.
I used to find it easy enough in Ubuntu 10.04 so I would clear it out regularly. but its not so easy to...

thank you Sandyd that's what I just did. I hadn't thought of going to the Software Centre.
as soon as Evolution installed all my emails were there.
do you know how I uninstall the Mozilla email...

I've just upgraded from Ubuntu 10.04 to Ubuntu 12.04. everything seems to have gone well.
but the email system on 12.04 is Mozilla and I had Evolution on 10.04. when I set up the Mozilla email my...