sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras If you're running one of the different flavours, prepend the package name with "k" or "x". You'll probably also want to remove OpenJDK, which has compatibility issues with a significant number of applets, and replace it with Sun's. sudo apt-get remove openjdk-6-jre openjdk-6-jre-headlesssudo apt-get install sun-java6-plugin
There's a great setup guide at the Community Ubuntu Documentation site which covers the real-time kernel, JACK and more.
If no audio is detected in Windows, then you probably need the Realtek AC97 driver
sudo apt-get install mozplugger timidityTest MIDI file. Warning : Some packages may break Firefox using Timidity++ for MIDI playback, for example gecko-mediaplayer.
Download the latest stable or pre-release version from the Adobe site. Extract the downloaded archive tar zxf <filename>.tar.gz
nspluginwrapper -i </path/to/>libflashplayer.so Note : you must give the full path to the shared library, even if you execute the nspluginwrapper command from the directory is resides in.