Linux XBMCbuntu and A Web Browser Such As Firefox

pawelk · 2012-09-01 03:43

Hello,

I am sure this question has been asked before but I have been searching and I can not find an answer, so my apologies for posting what I'm sure has already been addressed here.

I installed XBMCbuntu which is working great. However, I would like to from time to time access a web browser so I can look up information or watch flash videos (such as youTube, XBMC, the daily show, hulu, etc). I know I can watch a lot of this through XBMC using the bluecop repository but in some cases I think a browser would be more efficient plus it doesn't address my problem of not being able to look up information using the internet.

Is it possible to install a web browser on my installation such as firefox with flash support and if so can this be accessed through XBMC?

I read that the advanced launcher should come with a way to use Chromium right out of the box, but that doesn't seem to be the case in my installation or I am not seeing it. I am using the latest version of XBMCbuntu, 11.0 eden.

Thank you in advance for any help with this issue

**artrafael** · 2012-09-01 03:58

Welcome to the XBMC forums.

See this post: http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid...pid1172733

pawelk · 2012-09-01 04:08

Thank you so much, that works great. However, my sound while in XBMCbuntu does not work (get nothing from YouTube for example). I am using HDMI as the sound output which works fine in XBMC. Where can I find the sound settings in the OS?

spaxx24 · 2013-03-05 15:41

I get firefox to launch, but the window is not activiated, how do i activate it? The window opens on half of the screen but I don't know how to activate it to start using it, probably it's something easy...

**artrafael** · 2013-03-05 20:30

Angelscry responded to your other post on the same subject and he provides the solution(s) here: http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid...pid1274289

artrafael Team-XBMC Forum Moderator Posts: 4,424 Joined: Jul 2010 Reputation: 78 Location: USA	2012-09-01 03:58 Post: #2 Welcome to the XBMC forums. See this post: http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid...pid1172733
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pawelk Junior Member Posts: 2 Joined: Sep 2012 Reputation: 0	2012-09-01 04:08 Post: #3 Thank you so much, that works great. However, my sound while in XBMCbuntu does not work (get nothing from YouTube for example). I am using HDMI as the sound output which works fine in XBMC. Where can I find the sound settings in the OS?
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spaxx24 Junior Member Posts: 7 Joined: Mar 2013 Reputation: 0	2013-03-05 15:41 Post: #4 I get firefox to launch, but the window is not activiated, how do i activate it? The window opens on half of the screen but I don't know how to activate it to start using it, probably it's something easy... (This post was last modified: 2013-03-05 16:17 by spaxx24.)
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artrafael Team-XBMC Forum Moderator Posts: 4,424 Joined: Jul 2010 Reputation: 78 Location: USA	2013-03-05 20:30 Post: #5 Angelscry responded to your other post on the same subject and he provides the solution(s) here: http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid...pid1274289 (This post was last modified: 2013-03-05 20:31 by artrafael.)
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