[ubuntu-uk] listening to BBC

[Michael G Fletcher]

On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 8:52 PM, norman <norman at littletank.org> wrote:
> After months of trying I have finally got my little brother, who is in
> his seventies, to join the 21st century and he has installed Ubuntu 8.04
> (no newfangled stuff like 8.10 for him) along with his XP. Now, big
> brother is inundated with questions most of which, fortunately, I can
> answer. However, now I am stumped, he wants to listen to BBC radio on
> the BBC website, something I do not do. I have tried Google but am
> mightily confused so could some kind person suggest somethings he might
> try, please.
>
> Norman
>
>
> --
> ubuntu-uk at lists.ubuntu.com
> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
>
as far as i understand it, all you need to listen and watch items on
the BBC website is the non-free flash player.

sudo apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree

HTH
--Michael
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