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Flash in Firefox without Admin Privileges

May 20th, 2009 by Connor McBrine-Ellis | View Comments | Filed in Apps, How Tos, Offline, Tech

If you’re trying to either install Adobe Flash into a Firefox install on a computer you don’t have admin rights on, or install it into Portable Firefox, then you’re probably having trouble.  The solution is relatively simple considering Adobe Flash runs off of only just two files!  Just copy those files and you’re set.

Download the flash installer, then use a program such as WinRAR or PeaZip to “extract the .EXE file”.

Then find the files flashplayer.xpt and NPSWF32.dll which you already extracted, and copy those to the folder Moziilla Firefox/plugins.

Restart Firefox, and it’s really as simple as that!

Another option if for some reason this doesn’t work though it should, is to download this extension and install it inside firefox: http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/xpi/current/flashplayer-win.xpi

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Nvidia and ATI drivers for Linux

November 15th, 2008 by Connor McBrine-Ellis | View Comments | Filed in How Tos

Some programs in Linux (including the ultra-cool Desktop Effects) need graphics accelleration, so they need to use your card to the full.  You need to install your graphics drivers if you want to play 3d games.

Here’s how.

First open the terminal (Applications, Accessories, Terminal)

If you have a recent card type this and hit enter:

sudo apt-get install nvidia-glx-new

-or-

sudo apt-get install nvidia-glx

If you have an older card (only for TNT, TNT2, TNT Ultra, [old] GeForce, and GeForce2 chipsets):

sudo apt-get install nvidia-glx-legacy

For ATI, enter this in the terminal and hit enter:

sudo apt-get install xorg-driver-fglrx

After your graphics card is all set up you’re set to have fun.

Play around with desktop effects by installing this package:

sudo aptitude install compizconfig-settings-manager

Then go to the System menu, click on Preferences, and then click on Advanced Desktop Effects Settings, and have fun!

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