Need some assistance with linux (Freespire)

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My motherboard is from dfi.com PM12-TL they do not support linux os with drivers. This means my audio by Avance AC 97 VIA Controller now does not work in linux. My installation CD for a Canon MP170 printer does not have a linux choice. My favorite websites close as soon as flash is needed, which I would quickly remedy with a download from cnr.com but this site shuts down the mozilla type browser before I even see the first screen. So my question is this--are there solutions to these situations? Or am I resigned to a return to windows to hear, print and browse? I am game enough to try a change but this has been very trying. I was successful with setting up my home networking to 2 other windows xp computers, which I expected problems. Thanks in advance. Nancy

knightowl49p · Answer

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choppit · Answer

Listed here; http://gutenprint.sourceforge.net/p_Supported_Printers.php

choppit · Answer

http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/ Download the .tar.gz version for Linux, extract and place libflashplayer.so in your plugins directory.

choppit · Answer

Why Freespire and not another more actively maintained distro such as (K)Ubuntu? If you're not tied to Freespire many distros can be run from a live CD so you can test for things like audio support.