[16:13] <eipi10> I am hoping someone can inform this ignoramus.
[16:13] <eipi10> I have gecko MP 1.0.9, yet about:plugins still reads 'vulnerable' for quicktime plugin
[16:15] <eipi10> is that the latest Gecko?  Do I still need to update quicktime?  why is it called quicktime if it uses gecko?  Am I over-simplifying?  Is there a way not to use quicktime?
[16:16] <gQuigs> it might be checking the version of quicktime instead
[16:18] <eipi10> so gecko is an "insert" so to speak of quicktime?
[16:18] <gQuigs> yup
[16:18] <gQuigs> eipi10: although it hasn't been updated in ages and appears to be a dead project
[16:18] <gQuigs> eipi10: are you sure you need it?
[16:18] <eipi10> I'd rather not
[16:18] <gQuigs> then uninstall it :)
[16:19] <gQuigs> did it come with an image or something?
[16:19] <eipi10> I just installed lubuntu and with it ubuntu-restricted-extras
[16:20] <eipi10> 14.04.3
[16:20] <eipi10> isn't gecko the native player for all kinds of stuff in ubuntu?
[16:21] <gQuigs> gecko is what the Firefox engine is called under the hood
[16:21] <eipi10> ah
[16:21] <eipi10> can I chuck QT in the terminal?
[16:21] <eipi10> toss
[16:22] <gQuigs> sudo apt-get remove gecko-mediaplayer
[16:22] <eipi10> wait, I thought I was removing quicktime
[16:25] <gQuigs> gecko = firefox, it likely has a few plugins within it,  quicktime, windows media player, etc
[16:25] <gQuigs> I haven't seen any websites that require any of them for a while
[16:27] <eipi10> if I remove gecko, then adobe flash plays everything (it's installed)
[16:28] <eipi10> do you use FF?
[16:29] <gQuigs> I don't have flash installed :)
[16:29] <gQuigs> but yes I use Firefox
[16:30] <gQuigs> alternatively you could just disable the specific plugin from addons -> plugins
[16:32] <eipi10> how tf do you watch spewtube nd all that garbage?
[16:32] <gQuigs> '
[16:32] <gQuigs> ??  youtube?
[16:32] <eipi10> yeah
[16:32] <gQuigs> it defaults to HTML5 now
[16:32] <gQuigs> some ads do still require flash
[16:33] <eipi10> I didnt know html5 handled all that
[16:34] <eipi10> and you don't use adobe flash?
[16:34] <gQuigs> nope
[16:35] <eipi10> thats killer.  adobe is invasive.
[16:35] <eipi10> I wanna get rid of all this crap
[16:35] <gQuigs> well try uninstalling them both and see how it goes
[16:35] <gQuigs> you can always reinstall
[16:36] <eipi10> yeah, those are my thoughts exactly.  gecko runs everything besides shockwave
[16:37] <eipi10> on my pc I mean
[16:37] <eipi10> why is this stuff included with a minimalist iso like lubuntu?
[16:42] <eipi10> whats adobe flash specifically called so I can remove it in command line?
[16:44] <gQuigs> it varies, try dpkg -l | grep flash
[16:45] <eipi10> thanks.  I was just looking up command lines.  I'm a virgin.
[16:45] <gQuigs> dpkg -l  lists all installed packages
[16:45] <eipi10> sweet.  thanks!
[16:53] <eipi10> spewlube works fine
[17:57] <gQuigs> :)
[19:11] <eipi10> adios