[GTALUG] Upgrade from Ubuntu 12.10 [was > Re: Ubuntu need Adobe Flash?]

[Chris Aitken]

On 14-12-19 08:56 AM, Marcelo Cavalcante wrote:
> 2014-12-19 2:49 GMT-03:00 Chris Aitken <chris at chrisaitken.net 
> <mailto:chris at chrisaitken.net>>:
>
>     Hi,
>
>     I haven't posted here for years. I guess Ubuntu has been working
>     well for me, so I haven't had the need.
>
>     I can't play videos on the Internet. I get an error that ...
>
>     "Firefox has prevented the outdated plugin "Adobe Flash" from
>     running on youtube.com <http://youtube.com>."
>
>     I get similar errors (that Adobe Flash needs updating) from other
>     sites - fo instance trying to play videos Posted on facebook.
>
>     My Firefox is 29.0 Mozilla Firefox for Ubuntu canonical - 1.0
>

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>
> The problem is that you´re using a very old version of Flash. In fact, 
> you´re using very old version of everything, as far as I can see.
>
> Ubuntu 12.10 - means you´re using Ubuntu from October 2012.
> Firefox 29 - the one I´m using is 34.
>
> Well, I think you should really think about updating your Ubuntu, so 
> you´ll also have all the other softwares updated, since you´re using 
> old repositories, with old versions of software.

OK. I'm going to upgrade. Is there an easy GUI method? System Tools > 
Admin > Software Updater gave me ...

Failed to download repository information.

Chris

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